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.

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

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 I feel a great contempt. I know only that every single one of us reeks of selfishness, masochism and death. We have created a system in which it has simply become impossible to live, and what's more, we continue to export it.

I prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your world view. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich.

I don't like this world. I definitely do not like it. The society in which I live disgusts me; advertising sickens me; computers make me puke.

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

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