“As I've already mentioned, 1984 and I were getting on famously. A no-frills setup, run without sentiment, snobbery or cultural favouritism, Airstrip… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“As regards structure, comedy has come a long way since Shakespeare, who in his festive conclusions could pair off any old shit… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“Being photographed was dead time for the soul. Can the head think, while it does the same half smile under the same… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Let me assure you that the humourless as a bunch don't just not know what's funny, they don't know what's serious. They… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“I've got two backs, me - and I'm glad! Tits can be . . . mwa, I know, but they're always in… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“Richard didn't mind Gwyn being rich...Having always been poor was good preparation for being rich. Better than having always been rich...The well… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Amis is acutely, vibrantly sensitive to the different registers of laughter. He knows that it can be the most affirming and uniquely… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“It’s possible to be flippant here, when Jihadists fly aircraft into buildings they shout God is Great, what do atheists shout when… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“A sense of humor is a serious business; and it isn't funny, not having one. Watch the humorless closely: the cocked and… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Oh Christ, the exhaustion of not knowing anything. It's so tiring and hard on the nerves. It really takes it out of… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“Yeah,' I said and started smoking another cigarette. Unless I inform you otherwise, I'm always smoking another cigarette.” — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“barrios; each barrio has two or three gangs, and all the gangs are theoretically” — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I'm 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that's what… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“If we all downed tools and joined hands for ten minutes and stopped believing in money, then money would no longer exist. We never… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
When I see a lot of young faces in the audience, it's just sort of sinking in how important that is. Because you're old… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“I was informed by my viscera that now was the time to put my arm around her shoulders. I ignored them.” — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
It's becoming clearer and clearer to me that the world is there to be celebrated by writers, and in fact this is what all… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
In her final months Princess Diana was being shat upon by the tabloids -- basically for sleeping with an Arab. When she died, these… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
If you feel you have a strong constituency among the young, you can really die happy, because the great unanswered question, the only valid… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived. — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
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… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
