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Martin Amis Quotes

I would say I’m an ironist not a satirist. All you do is you take existing tendencies and crank them up, just turn up the volume dial. Which is a technique of science fiction, apart from anything else Picture Quote #1

It sounds schmaltzy to say, but fiction is much more to do with love than people admit or acknowledge. The novelist has to not only love his characters - which you do, without even thinking about it, just as you love your children. But also to love the reader, and that’s what I mean by the pleasure principle Picture Quote #1

I’m afraid the negative things are always the great subjects. Failure is much more interesting than success Picture Quote #1

Novelists don’t age as quickly as philosophers, who often face professional senility in their late twenties Picture Quote #1

My belief is that everything that’s written about you is actually secondary showbiz nonsense, and you shouldn’t take any notice of it Picture Quote #1

Mere fact has no chance of being formally perfect. It will get in the way, it will be all elbows Picture Quote #1

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No-one is going to sit down and read Bleak House to the family any more, but they can all huddle up happily in front of Charles Bronson Picture Quote #1

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . Picture Quote #1

People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children’s book. I say, ‘If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children’s book’, but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who you’re directing the story to is anathema to me, because, in my view, fiction is freedom and any restraints on that are intolerable Picture Quote #1

Like fundamentalist Judaism and medieval Christianity, Islam is totalist. That is to say, it makes a total claim on the individual Picture Quote #1

The middle class is doing fine in fiction. But it’s not what gets me going. I love the working class, and everyone from it I’ve met, and think they’re incredibly witty, inventive - there’s a lot of poetry there Picture Quote #1

Every 10 years you’re a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They’re full of new rewards Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think I’ve ever been particularly scared of death - but scared of dying, the process. It doesn’t seem to be a good way of doing it Picture Quote #1

Watching an adaptation of your novel can be a violent experience: seeing your old jokes suddenly thrust at you can be alarming. But I started to enjoy ‘Money’ very quickly, and then I relaxed Picture Quote #1

I’m not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I’m 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that’s what fiction is, and should be Picture Quote #1

All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we gently say Picture Quote #1

Deciding to write a novel about something - as opposed to finding you are writing a novel around something - sounds to me like a good evocation of writer’s block Picture Quote #1

I am, incidentally, the only writer to have received the Somerset Maugham award twice - the first time for my first novel, the second time for my second first novel Picture Quote #1

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If God existed, and if He cared for humankind, He would never have given us religion Picture Quote #1

They’re always looking forward to going places they’re just coming back from, or regretting doing things they haven’t yet done. They say hello when they mean goodbye Picture Quote #1

It’s good fun to create an unpredictable character. When he comes into the room, I don’t know what he’s going to do - I have to find my way Picture Quote #1

Impartially, shrewdly, I considered suicide, though not in my worst moments. The bottle of pills. The note: ‘No hard feelings, everyone, but I’ve thought about it and it’s just not on, is it? It’s nearly on, but not quite. No? Anyway, all the best, C Picture Quote #1

The true manipulator never has a reputation for manipulating Picture Quote #1

You use a different part of your heart with girls Picture Quote #1

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The arms race is a race between nuclear weapons and ourselves Picture Quote #1

Someone watches over us when we write. Mother. Teacher. Shakespeare. God Picture Quote #1

Every day, the dispensing of existence... Its face is fierce and distant and ancient Picture Quote #1

If you want to know the real meaning of pornography, it is the utter dissociation of love and sex, the banishment of love from the sexual arena Picture Quote #1

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn Picture Quote #1

The air itself was ebony, like the denial, the refutation, of the idea of light Picture Quote #1

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I would say I’m an ironist not a satirist. All you do is you take existing tendencies and crank them up, just turn up the volume dial. Which is a technique of science fiction, apart from anything else (Martin Amis Quotes) It sounds schmaltzy to say, but fiction is much more to do with love than people admit or acknowledge. The novelist has to not only love his characters - which you do, without even thinking about it, just as you love your children. But also to love the reader, and that’s what I mean by the pleasure principle (Martin Amis Quotes) I’m afraid the negative things are always the great subjects. Failure is much more interesting than success. (Martin Amis Quotes) Novelists don’t age as quickly as philosophers, who often face professional senility in their late twenties. (Martin Amis Quotes) My belief is that everything that’s written about you is actually secondary showbiz nonsense, and you shouldn’t take any notice of it. (Martin Amis Quotes) Mere fact has no chance of being formally perfect. It will get in the way, it will be all elbows. (Martin Amis Quotes) No-one is going to sit down and read Bleak House to the family any more, but they can all huddle up happily in front of Charles Bronson. (Martin Amis Quotes) Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . . (Martin Amis Quotes) People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children’s book. I say, ‘If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children’s book’, but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who you’re directing the story to is anathema to me, because, in my view, fiction is freedom and any restraints on that are intolerable. (Martin Amis Quotes) Like fundamentalist Judaism and medieval Christianity, Islam is totalist. That is to say, it makes a total claim on the individual. (Martin Amis Quotes) The middle class is doing fine in fiction. But it’s not what gets me going. I love the working class, and everyone from it I’ve met, and think they’re incredibly witty, inventive - there’s a lot of poetry there. (Martin Amis Quotes) Every 10 years you’re a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They’re full of new rewards. (Martin Amis Quotes) I don’t think I’ve ever been particularly scared of death - but scared of dying, the process. It doesn’t seem to be a good way of doing it. (Martin Amis Quotes) Watching an adaptation of your novel can be a violent experience: seeing your old jokes suddenly thrust at you can be alarming. But I started to enjoy ‘Money’ very quickly, and then I relaxed. (Martin Amis Quotes) I’m not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I’m 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that’s what fiction is, and should be. (Martin Amis Quotes) All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we gently say. (Martin Amis Quotes) Deciding to write a novel about something - as opposed to finding you are writing a novel around something - sounds to me like a good evocation of writer’s block. (Martin Amis Quotes) I am, incidentally, the only writer to have received the Somerset Maugham award twice - the first time for my first novel, the second time for my second first novel. (Martin Amis Quotes) If God existed, and if He cared for humankind, He would never have given us religion (Martin Amis Quotes) They’re always looking forward to going places they’re just coming back from, or regretting doing things they haven’t yet done. They say hello when they mean goodbye. (Martin Amis Quotes) It’s good fun to create an unpredictable character. When he comes into the room, I don’t know what he’s going to do - I have to find my way. (Martin Amis Quotes) Impartially, shrewdly, I considered suicide, though not in my worst moments. The bottle of pills. The note: ‘No hard feelings, everyone, but I’ve thought about it and it’s just not on, is it? It’s nearly on, but not quite. No? Anyway, all the best, C. (Martin Amis Quotes) The true manipulator never has a reputation for manipulating (Martin Amis Quotes) You use a different part of your heart with girls (Martin Amis Quotes) The arms race is a race between nuclear weapons and ourselves (Martin Amis Quotes) Someone watches over us when we write. Mother. Teacher. Shakespeare. God (Martin Amis Quotes) Every day, the dispensing of existence... Its face is fierce and distant and ancient (Martin Amis Quotes) If you want to know the real meaning of pornography, it is the utter dissociation of love and sex, the banishment of love from the sexual arena (Martin Amis Quotes) Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn (Martin Amis Quotes) The air itself was ebony, like the denial, the refutation, of the idea of light (Martin Amis Quotes)

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