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Ian Mcewan Quotes

She’s not dead, Henry kept telling himself. But her life, all lives, seemed tenuous when he saw how quickly, with what ease, all the trappings, all the fine details of a lifetime could be packed and scattered, or junked Picture Quote #1

When people ask, Is there any advice you’d give a young writer?, I say write short stories. They afford lots of failure. Pastiche is a great way to start Picture Quote #1

The moment you have children and a mortgage you want things to work; you’re locked into the human project and you want it to flourish Picture Quote #1

What reader wants to be told what attitude to strike? Picture Quote #1

I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive Picture Quote #1

Politics is the enemy of the imagination Picture Quote #1

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Could it ever be explained, how matter becomes conscious? Picture Quote #1

Novels help us to resist the temptation to think of the past as deficient Picture Quote #1

You can spin stories out of the ways people understand and misunderstand each other Picture Quote #1

I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress Picture Quote #1

In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot Picture Quote #1

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended Picture Quote #1

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This is how the entire course of a life can be changed: by doing nothing Picture Quote #1

Nothing that can be, can come between me and the full prospect of my hopes Picture Quote #1

It was not generally realized that what children mostly wanted was to be left alone Picture Quote #1

... beauty, she had discovered occupied a narrow band. Ugliness, on the hand, had infinite variation Picture Quote #1

Briony began to understand the chasm that lay between an idea and its execution Picture Quote #1

Writers are said to have superstitions and little rituals. Readers have them too Picture Quote #1

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What can it be about low temperatures that sharpens the edges of objects? Picture Quote #1

Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness Picture Quote #1

But what really happened? The answer is simple: the lovers survive and flourish Picture Quote #1

My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively Picture Quote #1

By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage Picture Quote #1

I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that I'll never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence Picture Quote #1

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A twenty one year old writer is likely to be inhibited by a lack of usable experience. Childhood and adolescence were something I knew Picture Quote #1

I don't believe there's any inherent darkness at the center of religion at all. I think religion actually is a morally neutral force Picture Quote #1

I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building Picture Quote #1

The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject Picture Quote #1

By measuring individual human worth, the novelist reveals the full enormity of the State's crime when it sets out to crush that individuality Picture Quote #1

It’s the essence of a degenerating mind periodically, to lose all sense of continuous self, and therefore any regard for what others think of your lack of continuity Picture Quote #1

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She’s not dead, Henry kept telling himself. But her life, all lives, seemed tenuous when he saw how quickly, with what ease, all the trappings, all the fine details of a lifetime could be packed and scattered, or junked. (Ian Mcewan Quotes) When people ask, Is there any advice you’d give a young writer?, I say write short stories. They afford lots of failure. Pastiche is a great way to start. (Ian Mcewan Quotes) The moment you have children and a mortgage you want things to work; you’re locked into the human project and you want it to flourish. (Ian Mcewan Quotes) What reader wants to be told what attitude to strike? (Ian Mcewan Quotes) I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive (Ian Mcewan Quotes) Politics is the enemy of the imagination (Ian Mcewan Quotes) Could it ever be explained, how matter becomes conscious? (Ian Mcewan Quotes) Novels help us to resist the temptation to think of the past as deficient (Ian Mcewan Quotes) You can spin stories out of the ways people understand and misunderstand each other (Ian Mcewan Quotes) I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress (Ian Mcewan Quotes) In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot (Ian Mcewan Quotes) A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended (Ian Mcewan Quotes) This is how the entire course of a life can be changed: by doing nothing (Ian Mcewan Quotes) Nothing that can be, can come between me and the full prospect of my hopes (Ian Mcewan Quotes) It was not generally realized that what children mostly wanted was to be left alone (Ian Mcewan Quotes) ... beauty, she had discovered occupied a narrow band. Ugliness, on the hand, had infinite variation (Ian Mcewan Quotes) Briony began to understand the chasm that lay between an idea and its execution (Ian Mcewan Quotes) Writers are said to have superstitions and little rituals. Readers have them too (Ian Mcewan Quotes) What can it be about low temperatures that sharpens the edges of objects? (Ian Mcewan Quotes) Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness (Ian Mcewan Quotes) But what really happened? The answer is simple: the lovers survive and flourish (Ian Mcewan Quotes) My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively (Ian Mcewan Quotes) By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage (Ian Mcewan Quotes) I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that I'll never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence (Ian Mcewan Quotes) A twenty one year old writer is likely to be inhibited by a lack of usable experience. Childhood and adolescence were something I knew (Ian Mcewan Quotes) I don't believe there's any inherent darkness at the center of religion at all. I think religion actually is a morally neutral force (Ian Mcewan Quotes) I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building (Ian Mcewan Quotes) The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject (Ian Mcewan Quotes) By measuring individual human worth, the novelist reveals the full enormity of the State's crime when it sets out to crush that individuality (Ian Mcewan Quotes) It’s the essence of a degenerating mind periodically, to lose all sense of continuous self, and therefore any regard for what others think of your lack of continuity (Ian Mcewan Quotes)

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