--- title: "13 Way Quotes By Ian McEwan" description: "13 Way quotes by Ian McEwan. Plus more from Ian McEwan and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/ian-mcewan-494_child_looking-after-children-is-one-of-the-way_2349177.png" --- > [Looking after children is one of the ways of looking after yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/looking-after-children-is-one-of-the-ways-of-looking-after-yourself/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/ian-mcewan-494_child_looking-after-children-is-one-of-the-way_2349177.png) > [There are ways in which art can have a longer reach than politics...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/there-are-ways-in-which-art-can-have-a-longer-reach-than-politics/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/ian-mcewan-494_art_there-are-ways-in-which-art-can-have-a-l_376698.png) > [We go on our hands and knees and crawl our way towards the truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/we-go-on-our-hands-and-knees-and-crawl-our-way-towards-the-truth/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f1/ian-mcewan-494_crawl_we-go-on-our-hands-and-knees-and-crawl-o_1454567.png) > [It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/it-is-quite-impossible-these-days-to-assume-anything-about-people-s/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/ian-mcewan-494_assuming_it-is-quite-impossible-these-days-to-ass_1606149.png) > [I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/i-think-of-novels-in-architectural-terms-you-have-to-enter-at-the/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90c/ian-mcewan-494_architectural_i-think-of-novels-in-architectural-terms_2578317.png) > [The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/the-best-way-to-tell-people-about-climate-change-is-through-non/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/353/ian-mcewan-494_best_the-best-way-to-tell-people-about-climat_1689807.png) > [Twenty years ago I might have hired a professional listener, but somewhere along the way I had lost faith in the talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/twenty-years-ago-i-might-have-hired-a-professional-listener-but/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/638/ian-mcewan-494_cures_twenty-years-ago-i-might-have-hired-a-pr_478807.png) > [When people ask, "Is there any advice you'd give a young writer?," I say write short stories. They afford lots of failure.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/when-people-ask-is-there-any-advice-you-d-give-a-young-writer-i-say/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/ian-mcewan-494_advice_when-people-ask-is-there-any-advice-you_1038367.png) > [I did not kill my father, but I sometimes felt I had helped him on his way. And but for the fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/i-did-not-kill-my-father-but-i-sometimes-felt-i-had-helped-him-on-his/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/ian-mcewan-494_death_i-did-not-kill-my-father-but-i-sometimes_90613.png) > [Dearest Cecilia, You’d be forgiven for thinking me mad, the way I acted this afternoon. The truth is I feel rather light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/dearest-cecilia-you-d-be-forgiven-for-thinking-me-mad-the-way-i-acted/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f6/ian-mcewan-494_afternoon_dearest-cecilia-you-d-be-forgiven-for-th_2567983.png) > [I turned the pages so fast. And I suppose I was, in my mindless way, looking for a something, version of myself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/i-turned-the-pages-so-fast-and-i-suppose-i-was-in-my-mindless-way/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bee/ian-mcewan-494_favourite_i-turned-the-pages-so-fast-and-i-suppose_596882.png) > [Without a revolution of the inner life, however slow, all our big designs are worthless. The work we have to do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/without-a-revolution-of-the-inner-life-however-slow-all-our-big/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88c/ian-mcewan-494_bigs_without-a-revolution-of-the-inner-life-h_896923.png) > [When they kissed she immediately felt his tongue, tensed and strong, pushing past her teeth, like some bully shouldering his way into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/when-they-kissed-she-immediately-felt-his-tongue-tensed-and-strong/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/ian-mcewan-494_bully_when-they-kissed-she-immediately-felt-hi_2873524.png) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Ian McEwan > [“As you will see, we do not believe that artists have an obligation to strike up attitudes to the war. Indeed, they are wise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/as-you-will-see-we-do-not-believe-that-artists-have-an-obligation-to/) [Ian McEwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) > [You could say that all novels are spy novels and all novelists are spy masters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/you-could-say-that-all-novels-are-spy-novels-and-all-novelists-are/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/i-ve-never-had-a-moment-s-doubt-i-love-you-i-believe-in-you/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) > [“It is shaming sometimes, how the body will not, or cannot, lie about emotions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/it-is-shaming-sometimes-how-the-body-will-not-or-cannot-lie-about/) [Ian McEwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) > [“While my friends struggled and calculated, I reached a solution by a set of floating steps that were partly visual, partly just a feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/while-my-friends-struggled-and-calculated-i-reached-a-solution-by-a/) [Ian McEwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) > [“Once, on a walk by a river- Eskdale in low reddish sunlight, with a dusting of snow- his daughter quoted to him an opening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/once-on-a-walk-by-a-river-eskdale-in-low-reddish-sunlight-with-a/) [Ian McEwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/perhaps-it-s-one-of-those-cases-of-a-microcosm-giving-you-the-whole/) [Ian McEwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/who-you-get-and-how-it-works-out-there-s-so-much-luck-involved-as/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) > [“On Chesil Beach he could have called out to Florence, he could have gone after her. He did not know, or would not have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/on-chesil-beach-he-could-have-called-out-to-florence-he-could-have/) [Ian McEwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) > [It was always the view of my parents...that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/it-was-always-the-view-of-my-parents-that-hot-weather-encouraged/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) > [I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/i-apologize-for-being-obvious-but-every-time-i-watch-the-curtain-come/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) > [I would rather be physically disabled obviously than mentally. I would rather be paraplegic than nuts. And it is a terrifying prospect and actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/i-would-rather-be-physically-disabled-obviously-than-mentally-i-would/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) > [“Words, as I'm beginning to appreciate, can make things true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/words-as-i-m-beginning-to-appreciate-can-make-things-true/) [Ian McEwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) > [I couldn't think about novels at all. It seemed the only writing that was appropriate to that horrendous event was journalism, reportage. And, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/i-couldn-t-think-about-novels-at-all-it-seemed-the-only-writing-that/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) > [I did not kill my father, but I sometimes felt I had helped him on his way. And but for the fact that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/i-did-not-kill-my-father-but-i-sometimes-felt-i-had-helped-him-on-his/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/ian-mcewan/#itemlist", "name": "13 Way Quotes By Ian McEwan", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Looking after children is one of the ways of looking after yourself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian McEwan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/looking-after-children-is-one-of-the-ways-of-looking-after-yourself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/ian-mcewan-494_child_looking-after-children-is-one-of-the-way_2349177.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/ian-mcewan-494_child_looking-after-children-is-one-of-the-way_2349177.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/ian-mcewan-494_child_looking-after-children-is-one-of-the-way_2349177.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Looking after children is one of the ways of looking after yourself.” — Ian Mcewan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are ways in which art can have a longer reach than politics...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian McEwan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/there-are-ways-in-which-art-can-have-a-longer-reach-than-politics/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/ian-mcewan-494_art_there-are-ways-in-which-art-can-have-a-l_376698.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/ian-mcewan-494_art_there-are-ways-in-which-art-can-have-a-l_376698.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/ian-mcewan-494_art_there-are-ways-in-which-art-can-have-a-l_376698.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are ways in which art can have a longer reach than politics...” — Ian Mcewan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We go on our hands and knees and crawl our way towards the truth", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian McEwan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/we-go-on-our-hands-and-knees-and-crawl-our-way-towards-the-truth/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f1/ian-mcewan-494_crawl_we-go-on-our-hands-and-knees-and-crawl-o_1454567.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f1/ian-mcewan-494_crawl_we-go-on-our-hands-and-knees-and-crawl-o_1454567.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f1/ian-mcewan-494_crawl_we-go-on-our-hands-and-knees-and-crawl-o_1454567.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We go on our hands and knees and crawl our way towards the truth” — Ian Mcewan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. 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