Michel Houellebecq Quotes

A woman going out with a younger man feels like the last taboo.

What a strange world this is when you can have as much sex as you like but love is taboo.

Youth doesn't reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the others act in his place.

You see a woman, 22 years old, going out with a guy over 60 - and it's kind of natural. But if it happens in the opposite direction everyone says, 'What is going on there?'

Nobody else knew what to do with me because big women are old.

The reason some younger women were willing to go out with my flabby, ageing self was that no one of their own age would put up with them for more than 10 minutes.

I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.

In my experience, there is a very good reason why a good-looking young woman of around 20 is willing to go out with a man over 15 years her senior - she's nuts.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.

Twenty can't be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty's eternal love affairs.

This is where I break one last taboo: I'm incredibly glad I'm not a granny.

Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath.

I didn't want to play the wife of some guy my dad's age.

To be 64 is appalling, so what does it matter being 65?

When you get to a certain age in society, they want to dictate to you when you should pack it in and that you should mentally grab a cane, a box of Depends, Geritol, listen to the oldies, and not eat spicy food after 9 o'clock.

It's a shame that when you've actually lived some life and have something to write about, they're saying you're too old to come out and play it.

I think falling in love with an older woman is not abnormal. It happens a lot in our society, but it's just that it is not accepted with open arms.

Age should be no consideration between two people romantically or sexually involved. Social approval shouldn't even be considered.

I wonder if I could eat a child if I had the chance.' 'I doubt if I could cook one,' said Constance.

Some guy said to me: Don't you think you're too old to sing rock n' roll? I said: You'd better check with Mick Jagger.

I think, being an actress, you know that you're getting old. I'm 44. I mean, an agent said when I turned 40, "It won't get better."

That's one of the privileges of old age - you can give plenty of advice 'cause most folks think that's all you got left anyway.

It's great to be in a room full of young people...The average age of the Senate, I think, is death.

I think masturbating is a really important function in art. People don't like to hear that kind of stuff, but it's true.

People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling.