Author of quotes: Michel Houellebecq. Page 3

You know, the reputation of an alcoholic I created journalists; curiously, none of them thought that I was drunk in front of them just because sober I can't stand it.

There is an opinion that the story generally plays no role, and it would be ridiculous to choose the way of the image depending on the depicted object, whereas what matters is the way in which the picture or pictures blend shapes, lines and tonal nuances.

It is possible, very possible to live without expecting anything from life; most often it is still live. People sit at home and happy that the phone doesn't ring, and when he calls, don't answer and the message recorded on the answering machine. If no news is good news. So most people think; and I do too.

When you're young, stupid funny, but at a certain age, she begins to tire and I fell asleep.

When you spend days on the beach, as always in life, the only good point is the Breakfast.

That's what we have from the twentieth century: advances in science and technology. Still, the minibus "Toyota" is not a stagecoach.

Men enter into an affair, not because love, but because you feel the need; it took me years to realize this simple truth.

Family ties persist for several years, sometimes decades, in fact they are much more durable than all others; but then in the end they, too, come to naught.

One of the most amazing properties of carnal love - the feeling of intimacy it evokes, if desired mixed with at least a small fraction of mutual sympathy. From the first minute from "you" go to "you", and it seems like the mistress, even the met only yesterday, has the right to such degree of frankness, which you would not come to any human being.

I was always struck by the tendency of intellectualism in the crooks, rude brutes and morons.

The human race is ready to build a hierarchy in the man a strong need to feel superiority over their peers.

Always curious to hear others say about you, especially if they seem to be unaware of your presence. And the very short time to lose confidence in their own existence here has its own charm.

The strange thing is, it would seem that the desire to Express themselves and leave a mark in this world - a powerful incentive, but it alone is apparently not enough. Still works best and helps to overcome a trivial need for money.

The laws of pure morality and the only comprehensive. Over time it is not subjected to any damage or enrichment. Is not subject to any historical, economic, sociological, or cultural factors, it absolutely does not depend on anything. Does not predetermine, prejudge it. Reason itself is the cause. In other words, it's an absolute.