Bernard Pivot

“A book that one leaves without having extracted something from it is a book that one has not read.”

“Wine is the intellectual part of a meal.”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.”

“One must read to live, not live to read.”

“Culture is what answers man when he asks himself what he is doing on earth.”

“A poorly chosen word can spoil the best of feelings.”

“A book is a bottle thrown into the open sea; one must hope it reaches a safe harbor.”

“You cannot be a good journalist if you do not like people.”

“On television, you have to surprise. If you don't astonish, you bore.”

“When you have a passion, you have to feed it.”

“My job is to make books, and authors, speak.”

“Reading is a vice that feeds on solitude.”

“I have spent my life trying to get the French to read. It's a fight.”

“I am a ferryman.”

“A library is the crossroads of all of humanity's dreams.”

“Wine is not just pleasure, it is culture.”

“The advantage of old age is that you have known all the wines when they were young.”