François CAVANNA and Gaston FERDIERE try to speak while BUKOWSKI drunk constantly speaks. Strongly annoyed, CAVANNA gives him a "BUKOWSKI your mouth, you annoy us". BUKOWSKI persists and signs in grudge. PIVOT says "shut up" immediately followed by CAVANNA who gets mad at him and says "BUKOWSKI I’m going to put my fist in your face"
Lively exchange between Serge GAINSBOURG and Guy BEART concerning the place of writing and words in the song. According to GAINSBOURG the words convey ideas before music.
Bernard PIVOT describes the origin of the title of his program "apostrophes": an exchange with Françoise Giroud. According to him, books carry a lot of ideas and can be the place for many discussions, so many literary creations can be revolutionary.
Bernard PIVOT asks Françoise DOLTO about the dialogue with babies, theory and approach she developed throughout her career. She recognises that this method has often valued her to be described as crazy "I was a bit of a weird service".
JMG Le CLEZIO comes back on a theme dear to him, silence. He explains that the human being must be able to silence his inner tumult in order to open himself to the beauty of the world. According to him, society imposes noise, it incentivizes to “consume and give noise”. Writing is also noise, the interest of literature lies in “what it says outside of words”.
Vladimir NABOKOV deplores the fact that the heroine of his successful novel, Lolita, has been transformed and perverted by the general public. He recalls that this is a 12-year-old girl and that it is indeed this innocence that forms the basis of his book.
Bernard PIVOT questions Georges SIMENON on the reasons for the plublication of "Mémoires intimes", which he considers very dark. The writer explains that his daughter Marie-Jo’s suicide had a profound impact on him, since he had devoted all his attention to the education of his children.
To the question of Bernard PIVOT on the laughter and the perpetual smile that he wears despite his difficult situation, the DALAI LAMA answers with an Indian saying.
Marguerite YOURCENAR evokes the book that made it known to the general public "Mémoires d'Hadrien". She explains that she was interested very early in this character, from her first visit to the villa Adriana. She describes how this emperor had a peaceful reign.
Intervention by Paul GUTH about the naivety, theme of his book "What I believe of the naïve". It is heckled by Daniel COHN BENDIT. Paul GUTH excites himself to the great delight of COHN BENDIT which awaits only this.
Alain ROBBE GRILLET, facing Patrick MODIANO, mutical, gives his opinion on the writing of the latter. He appreciates his aphasia, his difficulty in expressing himself.
After Bernard PIVOT’s evocation of the many awards and distinctions he received, Jean d'ORMESSON explains with humility that his only wish would now be to write "one or two good books".
On the plateau of "apostrophes", along with many guests, Bernard PIVOT questions Georges BRASSENS about the military spirit. Georges BRASSENS, who has just published a collection of his songs, speaks of his anti-militarism out of horror of discipline. He never liked playing small war, followed in this his father, and acknowledges that the sight of a flag does not move him "I love France, not the homeland". He talks about the Marseillaise "the music is not bad, but the lyrics are very debatable".
Bernard PIVOT pushes Madeleine CHAPSAL to admit that the love passion she describes in the "Maison de Jade" is a story she lived personally. Many clues, he said, led him to that conclusion.
Claude LEVI STRAUSS explains to Bernard PIVOT the genesis and title of his book "Tropical Tristres", which derives from a first version of the book that took the form of a literary novel.
Alexander SOLJENITSYNE said he was convinced that he would return to Russia. He declares: "Every man who does not stifle his intuition, who trusts him, sees himself fulfilled in his life not his wishes, not his predictions but his presentiments".
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