Very broadly, literature concerns itself with the internal, cinema with the external. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes broadly cinema concern
Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun. Martin Amis bulletgunrecall Change image and share on social
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 awardincidentallymaugham Change image and share on social
Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour. Martin Amis arccareercurve Change image and share on social
I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way... so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people. Ida B. Wells comecommonconcern share on social
If I had to summarize, most broadly, my concerns as a writer, I'd say the question 'How then must we live?' is at the heart of it, for me. Claire Messud broadlyconcernheart Change image and share on social
It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow. Toby Jones alfredcinemaentire Change image and share on social
