The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human.

- Michel Houellebecq

Irony won't save you from anything; humour doesn't do anything at all. You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades; there are people who…

- Michel Houellebecq

Just like unrestrained economic liberalism, and for similar reasons, sexual liberalism produces phenomena of absolute pauperization. Some men make lo…

- Michel Houellebecq

If life is an illusion it's a pretty painful one.

- Michel Houellebecq

Those who love life do not read. Nor do they go to the movies, actually. No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or les…

- 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.

- Michel Houellebecq

To the end, I will remain a child of Europe, of worry and of shame. I have no message of hope to deliver. For the West, I do not feel hatred. At most…

- Michel Houellebecq

Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.

- Michel Houellebecq

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

- Michel Houellebecq