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I think that if writers don't speak about real life, it's because they don't know it.
Michel Houellebecq
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Michel Houellebecq
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 26
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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.
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Adolescence is not only an important period in life, but that it is the only period where one may speak of life in the full sense of the word.
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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.
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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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As a teenager, Michel believed that suffering conferred dignity on a person. Now he had to admit that he had been wrong. What conferred dignity on people was television.
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Using a big word like 'plagiarism'... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.
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Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.
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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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Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.
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I prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your world view. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich.
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Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.
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The triumph of vegetation is total.
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People are suspicious of single men on vacation, after they get to a certain age: they assume that they're selfish, and probably a bit pervy. I can't say they're wrong.
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