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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 Picture Quote #1

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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I always do my draft in long hand because even the ink is part of the flow Picture Quote #1

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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 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) 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 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) At its grandest, political correctness is an attempt to accelerate evolution (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) The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone (Martin Amis Quotes) The true manipulator never has a reputation for manipulating (Martin Amis Quotes) The air itself was ebony, like the denial, the refutation, of the idea of light (Martin Amis Quotes) Insects are what neurosis would sound like, if neurosis could make a noise with its nose (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) I always do my draft in long hand because even the ink is part of the flow (Martin Amis Quotes)

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