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Martin Amis Quotes

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

The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone Picture Quote #1

Envy never comes to the ball dressed as envy; it comes dressed as high moral standards or distaste for materialism Picture Quote #1

Unless I specifically inform you otherwise, I’m always smoking another cigarette Picture Quote #1

At its grandest, political correctness is an attempt to accelerate evolution Picture Quote #1

Very broadly, literature concerns itself with the internal, cinema with the external Picture Quote #1

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The children of the nuclear age, I think, were weakened in their capacity to love. Hard to love, when you’re bracing yourself for impact. Hard to love, when the loved one, and the lover, might at any instant become blood and flames, along with everybody else Picture Quote #1

When things are going well, you do have the sense that what you’re writing is being fed to you in some way. Auden compared writing a poem to cleaning an old piece of slate until the letters appear. The only way you could reveal your God is perhaps under hypnosis. It’s sacred and it’s secret, even to the writer Picture Quote #1

The trouble with life is its amorphousness, its ridiculous fluidity. Look at it: thinly plotted, largely themeless, sentimental and ineluctably trite. The dialogue is poor, or at least violently uneven. The twists are either predictable or sensationalist. And it’s always the same beginning, and the same ending Picture Quote #1

Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy Picture Quote #1

It’s not that you get a cliché and then wiggle it about or use synonyms. You don’t take an ordinary decorative paragraph and give it style. What you’re trying to do is be faithful to your perceptions and transmit them as faithfully as you can. I say these sentences until they sound right. There’s no objective reason why they’re right. They just sound right to me Picture Quote #1

It’s without doubt my main subject. The way masculinity can go wrong. And I’m something of a gynocrat in a utopian kind of way Picture Quote #1

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Has it ever happened to you...? The color of the day suddenly changes to shadow. And you know you’re going to remember that moment for the rest of your life Picture Quote #1

I can imagine in a century or two that rule by women will be seen as a better bet than rule by men. What’s wrong with men is that they tend to look for the violent solution. Women don’t Picture Quote #1

You get the feeling that childhood does not last as long as it used to. Innocence gets harder to hold on to as the world gets older, as it accumulates more experience, more mileage and more blood on the tracks Picture Quote #1

In my experience of fights and fighting, it is invariably the aggressor who keeps getting everything wrong Picture Quote #1

It used to be said that by a certain age a man had the face that he deserved. Nowadays, he has the face he can afford Picture Quote #1

It’s tremendously important how you get on with the other sex. Your life record on that is incredibly important. You never really think about any of your other achievements Picture Quote #1

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The process of writing a novel begins with a pang, a moment of recognition, and a situation, a character, or something you read in a paper, that seems to go off, like a solar flare inside your head Picture Quote #1

For myself and my loved ones, I want the heat, which comes at the speed of light. I don’t want to have to hang about for the blast, which idles along at the speed of sound 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

Insects are what neurosis would sound like, if neurosis could make a noise with its nose Picture Quote #1

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun Picture Quote #1

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal Picture Quote #1

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Addictions do come in handy sometimes: at least you have to get out of bed for them Picture Quote #1

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money Picture Quote #1

Probably all writers are at some point briefly under the impression that they are in the forefront of disintegration and chaos, that they are among the first to live and work after things fall apart Picture Quote #1

Your purpose when driving is not to arrive at your destination safely or quickly. Your purpose when driving is... to impress your personality on the road Picture Quote #1

He didn’t want to please his readers. He wanted to stretch them until they twanged Picture Quote #1

Love might have expanded her. But we are not all of us going to get loved. We are not all of us going to get expanded Picture Quote #1

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Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside (Martin Amis Quotes) The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone (Martin Amis Quotes) Envy never comes to the ball dressed as envy; it comes dressed as high moral standards or distaste for materialism (Martin Amis Quotes) Unless I specifically inform you otherwise, I’m always smoking another cigarette (Martin Amis Quotes) At its grandest, political correctness is an attempt to accelerate evolution (Martin Amis Quotes) Very broadly, literature concerns itself with the internal, cinema with the external (Martin Amis Quotes) The children of the nuclear age, I think, were weakened in their capacity to love. Hard to love, when you’re bracing yourself for impact. Hard to love, when the loved one, and the lover, might at any instant become blood and flames, along with everybody else (Martin Amis Quotes) When things are going well, you do have the sense that what you’re writing is being fed to you in some way. Auden compared writing a poem to cleaning an old piece of slate until the letters appear. The only way you could reveal your God is perhaps under hypnosis. It’s sacred and it’s secret, even to the writer (Martin Amis Quotes) The trouble with life is its amorphousness, its ridiculous fluidity. Look at it: thinly plotted, largely themeless, sentimental and ineluctably trite. The dialogue is poor, or at least violently uneven. The twists are either predictable or sensationalist. And it’s always the same beginning, and the same ending (Martin Amis Quotes) Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy (Martin Amis Quotes) It’s not that you get a cliché and then wiggle it about or use synonyms. You don’t take an ordinary decorative paragraph and give it style. What you’re trying to do is be faithful to your perceptions and transmit them as faithfully as you can. I say these sentences until they sound right. There’s no objective reason why they’re right. They just sound right to me (Martin Amis Quotes) It’s without doubt my main subject. The way masculinity can go wrong. And I’m something of a gynocrat in a utopian kind of way (Martin Amis Quotes) Has it ever happened to you...? The color of the day suddenly changes to shadow. And you know you’re going to remember that moment for the rest of your life (Martin Amis Quotes) I can imagine in a century or two that rule by women will be seen as a better bet than rule by men. What’s wrong with men is that they tend to look for the violent solution. Women don’t (Martin Amis Quotes) You get the feeling that childhood does not last as long as it used to. Innocence gets harder to hold on to as the world gets older, as it accumulates more experience, more mileage and more blood on the tracks (Martin Amis Quotes) In my experience of fights and fighting, it is invariably the aggressor who keeps getting everything wrong (Martin Amis Quotes) It used to be said that by a certain age a man had the face that he deserved. Nowadays, he has the face he can afford (Martin Amis Quotes) It’s tremendously important how you get on with the other sex. Your life record on that is incredibly important. You never really think about any of your other achievements (Martin Amis Quotes) The process of writing a novel begins with a pang, a moment of recognition, and a situation, a character, or something you read in a paper, that seems to go off, like a solar flare inside your head (Martin Amis Quotes) For myself and my loved ones, I want the heat, which comes at the speed of light. I don’t want to have to hang about for the blast, which idles along at the speed of sound (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) Insects are what neurosis would sound like, if neurosis could make a noise with its nose (Martin Amis Quotes) Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun (Martin Amis Quotes) Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal (Martin Amis Quotes) Addictions do come in handy sometimes: at least you have to get out of bed for them (Martin Amis Quotes) Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money (Martin Amis Quotes) Probably all writers are at some point briefly under the impression that they are in the forefront of disintegration and chaos, that they are among the first to live and work after things fall apart (Martin Amis Quotes) Your purpose when driving is not to arrive at your destination safely or quickly. Your purpose when driving is... to impress your personality on the road (Martin Amis Quotes) He didn’t want to please his readers. He wanted to stretch them until they twanged (Martin Amis Quotes) Love might have expanded her. But we are not all of us going to get loved. We are not all of us going to get expanded (Martin Amis Quotes)

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