Bernard Pivot Quotes

Bernard Pivot — French Journalist born on May 05, 1935,

Bernard Pivot, OC, CQ is a journalist, interviewer and host of French cultural television programmes. He is the chairman of the Académie Goncourt... (wikipedia)

It is very difficult to generalise. Everyone's adventure is original.

You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world, more highly civilised too, with rules.

There is a pride in speaking this language.

This programme would only really make sense and work properly if it was also broadcast on France's international television channel TV5. So I ended up with a double production, on France 2 and TV5.

The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture.

Bernard Pivot Quotes

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