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.

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.

Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.

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

The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.

The absence of the will to live is, alas, not sufficient to make one want to die.

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

In order to pass the time I told him the story of the German who ate the other German whom he’d met on the internet.

It's a curious idea to reproduce when you don't even like life.

Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.

The most stupid religion is Islam.

A major character has to come somehow out of the unconscious.

Well, there's a morality in that you want your work to be good, I suppose.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

I am ashamed of my century for being so entertaining but I have to smile.

When blacks are left entirely to their own devices, Western civilization - any kind of civilization - disappears.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius.

Why add prime numbers? Prime numbers are made to be multiplied, not added.

Hell is the wrath of God--His hate of sin.

If you’re not accountable in life that means ultimately that your life doesn’t count.

I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me