It was always the view of my parents...that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people. — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I did not kill my father, but I sometimes felt I had helped him on his way. And but for the fact… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
“It was always the view of my parents," Emily said, "that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people.” — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“His wives had discovered early on what a poor or frightening prospect of a father he presented and they had protected themselves… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“As he said this, looking at her directly, with no particular challenge in his voice, she believed in him completely, he and… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“Blind luck, to arrive in the world with your properly formed parts in the right place, to be born to parents who… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“Yes, her childlessness was a fugue in itself, a flight- this was the habitual theme she was trying now to resist- a… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
“If only she could, like the mother of Jesus, arrive at that swollen state by magic.” — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“As you will see, we do not believe that artists have an obligation to strike up attitudes to the war. Indeed, they are wise… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
You could say that all novels are spy novels and all novelists are spy masters. — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life. — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
“It is shaming sometimes, how the body will not, or cannot, lie about emotions.” — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“While my friends struggled and calculated, I reached a solution by a set of floating steps that were partly visual, partly just a feeling… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“Once, on a walk by a river- Eskdale in low reddish sunlight, with a dusting of snow- his daughter quoted to him an opening… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it's one of those cases of a microcosm giving you the whole world. Like a spode dinner plate. Or a single cell. Or,… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
Who you get, and how it works out- there's so much luck involved, as well as the million branching consequences of your conscious choice… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
“On Chesil Beach he could have called out to Florence, he could have gone after her. He did not know, or would not have… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
It was always the view of my parents...that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people. — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I would rather be physically disabled obviously than mentally. I would rather be paraplegic than nuts. And it is a terrifying prospect and actually… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
