Carla Bruni quotes:

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 Vogue. But it would be pretentious of me to say I was more intelligent than the other supermodels.

When I met Eric Clapton, I was a very young girl. I was 20 years old. And we were linked for a very short time, and then we became friends. And then we lost touch, which I'm really sorry about.

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

I care about writing music and playing my music.

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

My dream life is just to go back to my job full-time. And be with my family. You know, regular dreams, common dreams that everyone has.

I hoped that, you know, France wouldn't mind about, you know, the wife of their president to having a job.

I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.

I'm crazy about Israel. It's full of life.

I find that talking about myself is often the most boring thing in the world. Sixty per cent of interviews I find mechanical.

I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.

It's always astounded me to have succeeded at having kids. It's crazy!

I can no longer seduce because I love my husband ... I don't want to hurt him. I am no longer a man-eater.

But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.

I think it would be shocking for me to pretend not to have any past. And also, it would be a lie.

Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.

I'm not at all an active feminist. On the contrary, I'm a bourgeois. I love family life, I love doing the same thing every day.

In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.

I like peace and solitude and silence.

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

I'm not really a femme fatale.

I want a man with nuclear power.

I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.

I'm monogamous from time to time, but I prefer polygamy and polyandry.

I've ended up becoming my mother in some respects, despite my eight years of analysis!

It would never occur to me to judge anyone.

I only judge people in one way. I like them or I don't. But I don't have preconceived ideas.

We don't need to be feminist in my generation.