Top 31 Quotes by Michel Houellebecq

About Michel Houellebecq

These are some quotes by French author Michel Houellebecq Author, who was born on February 26, 1956.

Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information.

Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information.

Michel Houellebecq

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.

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

Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Michel Houellebecq

My novels are all ideas.

My novels are all ideas.

Michel Houellebecq

When you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent.

When you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent.

Michel Houellebecq

A reactionary is someone who wants to return to a previous state - that's never a possibility in my books. For me, everything's irreversible in the life of a society, as well as an individual's.

A reactionary is someone who wants to return to a previous state - that's never a possibility in my books. For me, everything's irreversible in the life of a society, as well as an individual's.

Michel Houellebecq

Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.

Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.

Michel Houellebecq

Polemical debates happen all the time in France.

Polemical debates happen all the time in France.

Michel Houellebecq

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.

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

I think that there is a sharp contrast for most people between life at university, where they meet lots of people, and the moment when they enter the workforce, when they basically no longer meet anyone. Life becomes dull. So as a result people get married to have a personal life. I could elaborate but I think everyone understands.

Michel Houellebecq

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