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

Re-writing is different from writing. Original writing is very difficult.

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.

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.

They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.

There is a pride in speaking this language.