I admit that invective is one of my pleasures. This only brings me problems in life, but that’s it. I attack, I insult. I have a gift for that, for insults, for provocation. So I am tempted to use it. Michel Houellebecq Read Quote
Why am I popular? I don’t know. Is it a mistake? I should think it’s a mistake somewhere. Michel Houellebecq Read Quote
When you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent. Michel Houellebecq Read Quote
The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head – it has the same shape as the human brain. Michel Houellebecq Read Quote
Women are not stupid, but they were not clever enough to realise that feminism did not bring freedom, but the opposite. That’s why I’m glad feminism is dead. Michel Houellebecq Read Quote
I am for the muscles. I would like to have a lot of muscles, because women like it. I’m for bodybuilding, but it’s very exhausting. Michel Houellebecq Read Quote
I prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your world view. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich. Michel Houellebecq Read Quote
I’d say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God’s existence in Dostoevsky. Michel Houellebecq Read Quote
The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it. Michel Houellebecq Read Quote