When I was having my hair and make-up done backstage at a fashion show, I would sneak in a copy of Dostoevsky and read it inside a copy of Elle or Vo…

- Carla Bruni

I like peace and solitude and silence.

- Carla Bruni

My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.

- Carla Bruni

I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.

- Carla Bruni

Feminism is just like HIV awareness: It's not something we don't need anymore, it's something that is just as important as it was a few decades ago. …

- Carla Bruni

Love lasts a long time but burning desire lasts two to three weeks.

- Carla Bruni

I never think about what people are going think about me.

- Carla Bruni

I care about writing music and playing my music.

- Carla Bruni

I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me.

- Carla Bruni