Top 31 Quotes by 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 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.

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.

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

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

The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.

The press may hate me, and I know my battles with them are not over, but that doesn't matter.

There is no point in asking me general questions because I am always changing my mind.

In my own writing, I think of myself as a realist who exaggerates a little.

I think poetry is the only domain where a writer you like can truly be said to influence you, because you read and reread a poem so many times that it simply drills itself into your head.