Top 42 Quotes by Martin Amis

About Martin Amis

These are some quotes by British author Martin Amis Author, who was born on August 25, 1949.

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

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

Martin Amis

All novelists write in a different way, but I always write in longhand and then do two versions of typescript on a computer.

All novelists write in a different way, but I always write in longhand and then do two versions of typescript on a computer.

Martin Amis

My literary career kicked off in 1956 when, as a resident of Swansea, South Wales, I published my first novel, 'Lucky Jim.'

My literary career kicked off in 1956 when, as a resident of Swansea, South Wales, I published my first novel, 'Lucky Jim.'

Martin Amis

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

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

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

Novelists don't age as quickly as philosophers, who often face professional senility in their late twenties.

Novelists don't age as quickly as philosophers, who often face professional senility in their late twenties.

Martin Amis

All my adult life I have been searching for the right adjective to describe my father's peculiarly aggressive comic style. I recently settled on 'defamatory.'

All my adult life I have been searching for the right adjective to describe my father's peculiarly aggressive comic style. I recently settled on 'defamatory.'

Martin Amis

You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star.

You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star.

Martin Amis

Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.

Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.

Martin Amis

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

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