Michel Houellebecq

The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.

I think it's more difficult to live without a religion, definitely.

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.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.