French - Author | February 26, 1956 -
The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.
Michel Houellebecq
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My novels are all ideas.
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The most stupid religion is Islam.
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When you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent.
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Islam is a dangerous religion.
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I admit that invective is one of my pleasures. This only brings me problems in life, but that's it. I attack, I insult. I have a gift for that, for insults, for provocation. So I am tempted to use it.
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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.
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I think that if I am notorious, it is because other people have decided that this is how I should be.
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The press may hate me, and I know my battles with them are not over, but that doesn't matter.
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Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.
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You know, you don't have to have permanent opinions. You can think, every morning, 'I love the world' and go to bed every night thinking, 'I hate the world.'
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I find it an absolute pleasure to read travel guides, especially the Michelin guides, and their description of places I know I'll probably never visit. I spend a large part of my life reading descriptions of restaurants.
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