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The French consider themselves the guardians of the world's culture and do not bother to hide the fact, which is annoying, but Paris is still where good Americans want to go when they die - and Brits, Russians, and Chinese as well, these days.

I think France should be free, independent, and be the cultural heart of the world because those play a balance in the world.

France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything.

America thrives on identity politics, left and right. But France is opposed to the idea. Since the Revolution, the French have enthroned the idea of universalism. All of us must be equal before the law as abstract individuals, and that extends to the arts.

Every woman in America has a French dream in her head, especially a Parisian one.

My heart has always been truly convinced that in serving the cause of America, I am fighting for the interests of France.

France is different from the U.S.A.'s El Dorado, American Dream image.

France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.

France cannot be France without greatness.

There is just one France... one single nation, united in the same destiny.