Suddenly they asked me, as only the French would, 'Madame, what is your philosophy of life?' What a cosmic question, but I had to answer, and answer quickly, because it was live. So I said, in French, 'I think that you've got to play the hand that you're dealt and stop wishing for another hand.'

Recalling being invited to appear on French TV on what she described as a terrifying serious program about books. nydailynews.com