Michel Houellebecq Quotes

French - Author | February 26, 1956 -

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

Michel Houellebecq

DogLoveTrustYouPureMust

Using a big word like 'plagiarism'... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.

Michel Houellebecq

RacismWillAlwaysPlagiarismBig

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

Michel Houellebecq

ChangeHistoryChange The WorldIdeas

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

Michel Houellebecq

I AmMindMeQuestionsPointAsking

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

Michel Houellebecq

MyselfWritingThinkMy OwnRealist

I tend to think that good and evil exist and that the quantity in each of us is unchangeable. The moral character of people is set, fixed until death.

Michel Houellebecq

GoodCharacterDeathPeopleEvilUs

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

Michel Houellebecq

AttitudeDeathCrazyFaceYouRebel

I prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your world view. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich.

Michel Houellebecq

WritingWorldReadingRichViewYou

Polemical debates happen all the time in France.

Michel Houellebecq

TimeHappenFranceDebates

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

Michel Houellebecq

StrongCountryPessimismAnyDose

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

LoveGodSayQuestionExistence

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

Michel Houellebecq

MeThinkInformationKnowWhoThose

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