When a country is strong... it accepts any dose of pessimism from its writers.

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• Michel Houellebecq:

  I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the questio

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  You can't be a crazy rebel in the face of death, it's not a fitting attitude.

• Michel Houellebecq:

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

• Michel Houellebecq:

  The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is highe

• Michel Houellebecq:

  My novels are all ideas.

• Michel Houellebecq:

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• Michel Houellebecq:

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

• Michel Houellebecq:

  The most stupid religion is Islam.

• Michel Houellebecq:

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

• Michel Houellebecq:

  Islam is a dangerous religion.