Islam is a dangerous religion.

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.

I think that if writers don't speak about real life, it's because they don't know it.

I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.

When you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent.

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 less entirely the preserve of those who are a little fed up with the world.

In reality, the monotheist texts preach neither peace, love nor tolerance. They are texts of hate.