Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred. — Jules Renard
The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. — Jules Renard
It astounds us to come upon other egoists, as though we alone had the right to be selfish — Jules Renard
Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins. — Jules Renard
We don’t understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it. — Jules Renard
Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. — Jules Renard
When the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself. — Jules Renard
Certainly there are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. — Jules Renard
An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won’t have a hydrant beside it. — Jules Renard
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. — Jules Renard
There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. — Jules Renard
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. — Jules Renard
Don’t tell a woman she’s pretty; tell her there’s no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you. — Jules Renard
It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody. — Jules Renard
Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none. — Jules Renard