--- title: "24 Way Quotes By Martin Amis" description: "24 Way quotes by Martin Amis. Plus more from Martin Amis and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/martin-amis-704_monogamy_on-stds-this-be-nature-s-way-of-recommen_814485.jpg" --- > [ \[On STDs\] This be Nature’s way of recommending monogamy. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/on-stds-this-be-nature-s-way-of-recommending-monogamy/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/martin-amis-704_monogamy_on-stds-this-be-nature-s-way-of-recommen_814485.jpg) > [Style isn't something added on; it's intrinsic to the perceptions and the way you see life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/style-isn-t-something-added-on-it-s-intrinsic-to-the-perceptions-and/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5eb/martin-amis-704_fashion_style-isn-t-something-added-on-it-s-intr_2683736.jpg) > [Fiction is the only way to redeem the formlessness of life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/fiction-is-the-only-way-to-redeem-the-formlessness-of-life/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/martin-amis-704_fiction_fiction-is-the-only-way-to-redeem-the-fo_2458614.jpg) > [Mere fact has no chance of being formally perfect. It will get in the way, it will be all elbows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/mere-fact-has-no-chance-of-being-formally-perfect-it-will-get-in-the/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/martin-amis-704_chance_mere-fact-has-no-chance-of-being-formall_2090702.jpg) > [People look at fame and feel deprived if they haven't got it, feeling that this is a basic, almost a human right,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/people-look-at-fame-and-feel-deprived-if-they-haven-t-got-it-feeling/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ba/martin-amis-704_deprived_people-look-at-fame-and-feel-deprived-if_2182866.jpg) > [It's good fun to create an unpredictable character. When he comes into the room, I don't know what he's going to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/it-s-good-fun-to-create-an-unpredictable-character-when-he-comes-into/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/martin-amis-704_character_it-s-good-fun-to-create-an-unpredictable_2927471.jpg) > [Faith is a talent, and it goes the way of all your talents. Getting old is the subtraction of your powers. Which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/faith-is-a-talent-and-it-goes-the-way-of-all-your-talents-getting-old/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/martin-amis-704_faith_faith-is-a-talent-and-it-goes-the-way-of_2838084.jpg) > [It's without doubt my main subject. The way masculinity can go wrong. And I'm something of a gynocrat in a utopian kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/it-s-without-doubt-my-main-subject-the-way-masculinity-can-go-wrong/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/martin-amis-704_doubt_it-s-without-doubt-my-main-subject-the-w_544438.jpg) > [You can kill time in a number of ways but it always depends on the kind of time you're fighting: some time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/you-can-kill-time-in-a-number-of-ways-but-it-always-depends-on-the/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/martin-amis-704_fighting_you-can-kill-time-in-a-number-of-ways-bu_2481926.jpg) > [You can't be up the reader's ass, as many a writer I think is - cute as hell, ingratiating as hell. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/you-can-t-be-up-the-reader-s-ass-as-many-a-writer-i-think-is-cute-as/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/992/martin-amis-704_ass_you-can-t-be-up-the-reader-s-ass-as-many_1176672.jpg) > [All novelists write in a different way, but I always write in longhand and then do two versions of typescript on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/all-novelists-write-in-a-different-way-but-i-always-write-in-longhand/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/martin-amis-704_computer_all-novelists-write-in-a-different-way-b_1433975.jpg) > [I don't think I've ever been particularly scared of death - but scared of dying, the process. It doesn't seem to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/i-don-t-think-i-ve-ever-been-particularly-scared-of-death-but-scared/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/martin-amis-704_death_i-don-t-think-i-ve-ever-been-particularl_1196425.jpg) > [When things are going well, you do have the sense that what you’re writing is being fed to you in some way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/when-things-are-going-well-you-do-have-the-sense-that-what-you-re/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/martin-amis-704_auden_when-things-are-going-well-you-do-have-t_3176535.jpg) > [Much modern prose is praised for its terseness, its scrupulous avoidance of curlicue, etcetera. But I don't feel the deeper rhythm there.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/much-modern-prose-is-praised-for-its-terseness-its-scrupulous/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/martin-amis-704_avoidance_much-modern-prose-is-praised-for-its-ter_2299815.jpg) > [America is proud of what it does to its writers, the way it breaks and bedevils them, rendering them deluded or drunken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/america-is-proud-of-what-it-does-to-its-writers-the-way-it-breaks-and/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/martin-amis-704_america_america-is-proud-of-what-it-does-to-its_1672036.jpg) > [People? People are chaotic quiddities living in one cave each. They pass the hours in amorous grudge and playback and thought experiment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/people-people-are-chaotic-quiddities-living-in-one-cave-each-they/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/martin-amis-704_campfire_people-people-are-chaotic-quiddities-liv_757869.jpg) > [...So in his own way Guy Clinch confronted the central question of his time, a question you saw being asked and answered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/so-in-his-own-way-guy-clinch-confronted-the-central-question-of-his/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/martin-amis-704_guy_so-in-his-own-way-guy-clinch-confronted_1760206.jpg) > [Dickens is a much misunderstood and mis-approached writer, in that he tends to be read, particularly in the twentieth century, as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/dickens-is-a-much-misunderstood-and-mis-approached-writer-in-that-he/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/martin-amis-704_altered_dickens-is-a-much-misunderstood-and-mis_1425028.jpg) > [The future could go this way, that way. The future's futures have never looked so rocky. Don't put money on it. Take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/the-future-could-go-this-way-that-way-the-future-s-futures-have-never/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/martin-amis-704_advice_the-future-could-go-this-way-that-way-th_75886.jpg) > [How incredibly avaricious the whole operation was, the way they made the Jews pay for their tickets in the railway cars to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/how-incredibly-avaricious-the-whole-operation-was-the-way-they-made/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/504/martin-amis-704_camps_how-incredibly-avaricious-the-whole-oper_1492141.jpg) > [Seeing the world anew, as if it were new, is as old as writing. It's what all painters are trying to do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/seeing-the-world-anew-as-if-it-were-new-is-as-old-as-writing-it-s/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03c/martin-amis-704_eye_seeing-the-world-anew-as-if-it-were-new_1966113.jpg) > [You never can tell, though, with suicide notes, can you? In the planetary aggregate of all life, there are many more suicide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/you-never-can-tell-though-with-suicide-notes-can-you-in-the-planetary/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/martin-amis-704_hands_you-never-can-tell-though-with-suicide-n_2122409.jpg) > [“Suicide is what everyone young thinks they'll do before they get old. But they hardly ever get round to it. They just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/suicide-is-what-everyone-young-thinks-they-ll-do-before-they-get-old/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/martin-amis-704_age_suicide-is-what-everyone-young-thinks-th_2933410.jpg) > [It is quite an achievement. People of liberal sympathies, stupefied by relativism, have become the apologists for a creedal wave that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/it-is-quite-an-achievement-people-of-liberal-sympathies-stupefied-by/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/martin-amis-704_achievement_it-is-quite-an-achievement-people-of-lib_2036161.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Martin Amis > [“Yeah,' I said and started smoking another cigarette. Unless I inform you otherwise, I'm always smoking another cigarette.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/yeah-i-said-and-started-smoking-another-cigarette-unless-i-inform-you/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [“barrios; each barrio has two or three gangs, and all the gangs are theoretically”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/barrios-each-barrio-has-two-or-three-gangs-and-all-the-gangs-are/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/i-m-not-interested-in-making-a-diagnostic-novel-or-a-concern-i-m-100/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [“If we all downed tools and joined hands for ten minutes and stopped believing in money, then money would no longer exist. We never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/if-we-all-downed-tools-and-joined-hands-for-ten-minutes-and-stopped/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/when-i-see-a-lot-of-young-faces-in-the-audience-it-s-just-sort-of/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [“I was informed by my viscera that now was the time to put my arm around her shoulders. I ignored them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/i-was-informed-by-my-viscera-that-now-was-the-time-to-put-my-arm/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [You use a different part of your heart with girls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/you-use-a-different-part-of-your-heart-with-girls/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/it-s-becoming-clearer-and-clearer-to-me-that-the-world-is-there-to-be/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [In her final months Princess Diana was being shat upon by the tabloids -- basically for sleeping with an Arab. When she died, these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/in-her-final-months-princess-diana-was-being-shat-upon-by-the/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [If you feel you have a strong constituency among the young, you can really die happy, because the great unanswered question, the only valid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/if-you-feel-you-have-a-strong-constituency-among-the-young-you-can/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/my-life-looked-good-on-paper-where-in-fact-almost-all-of-it-was-being/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/i-say-if-i-had-a-serious-brain-injury-i-might-well-write-a-children-s/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [The future could go this way, that way. The future's futures have never looked so rocky. Don't put money on it. Take my advice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/the-future-could-go-this-way-that-way-the-future-s-futures-have-never/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [Each life is a game of chess that went to hell on the seventh move(...)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/each-life-is-a-game-of-chess-that-went-to-hell-on-the-seventh-move/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) > [ “There exists a subterranean world where pathological fantasies disguised as ideas are churned out by crooks and half-educated fanatics \[notably the lower clergy\] for… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/there-exists-a-subterranean-world-where-pathological-fantasies/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/martin-amis/#itemlist", "name": "24 Way Quotes By Martin Amis", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[On STDs] This be Nature’s way of recommending monogamy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Amis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/on-stds-this-be-nature-s-way-of-recommending-monogamy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/martin-amis-704_monogamy_on-stds-this-be-nature-s-way-of-recommen_814485.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/martin-amis-704_monogamy_on-stds-this-be-nature-s-way-of-recommen_814485.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/martin-amis-704_monogamy_on-stds-this-be-nature-s-way-of-recommen_814485.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[On STDs] This be Nature’s way of recommending monogamy.” — Martin Amis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Style isn't something added on; it's intrinsic to the perceptions and the way you see life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Amis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/style-isn-t-something-added-on-it-s-intrinsic-to-the-perceptions-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5eb/martin-amis-704_fashion_style-isn-t-something-added-on-it-s-intr_2683736.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5eb/martin-amis-704_fashion_style-isn-t-something-added-on-it-s-intr_2683736.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5eb/martin-amis-704_fashion_style-isn-t-something-added-on-it-s-intr_2683736.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Style isn't something added on; it's intrinsic to the perceptions and the way you see life.” — Martin Amis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fiction is the only way to redeem the formlessness of life", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Amis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/fiction-is-the-only-way-to-redeem-the-formlessness-of-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/martin-amis-704_fiction_fiction-is-the-only-way-to-redeem-the-fo_2458614.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/martin-amis-704_fiction_fiction-is-the-only-way-to-redeem-the-fo_2458614.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/martin-amis-704_fiction_fiction-is-the-only-way-to-redeem-the-fo_2458614.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fiction is the only way to redeem the formlessness of life” — Martin Amis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Mere fact has no chance of being formally perfect. 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