Quotes by Martin Amis

Martin Amis

Martin Amis

British novelist

Lived from: 1949 - 2023

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 25 august 1949 Died: 19 may 2023

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

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  • More will mean worse.
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  • America has had much more respect for its writers because they had to define what America was. America wasn't sure what it was.
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  • Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.
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  • Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal.
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  • I'm afraid the negative things are always the great subjects. Failure is much more interesting than success.
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  • 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.
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  • Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.
    Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million (2014) 42
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  • People are always talking on their phones, or looking at their phones, because they don't want to be alone with their thoughts.
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  • Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.
    Time's arrow, or, The nature of the offence (1991)
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  • Someone watches over us when we write. Mother. Teacher. Shakespeare. God.
    London Fields (1989)
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  • Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.
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  • The true manipulator never has a reputation for manipulating.
    London Fields (1989)
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  • Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.
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  • When success happens to an English writer, he acquires a new typewriter. When success happens to an American writer, he acquires a new life.
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  • When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable.
    (2012)
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What are the most famous quotes from Martin Amis?

The two most famous quotes from Martin Amis are:

  • "More will mean worse."
  • "America has had much more respect for its writers because they had to define what America was. America wasn't sure what it was."

When did Martin Amis live?

Martin Amis was born in 1949 and died in the year 2023.