Amis Quotes

15 quotes by 15 authors

Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century. — Russell Baker
Beware of clichÃ©s. Not just the ÂclichÃ©s that Martin Amis is at war with. There are clichÃ©s of response as well as expression. There are… — Geoff Dyer
Je me sens vraiment entre amis. (I feel that I am truly among friends.) — John F. Kennedy
Yevgeny Yevtushenko: 'You atheist?' "Kingsley Amis: 'Well, yes, but it's more that I hate him. — Kingsley Amis
I don't hate humanity and I'm not interested in people who do. Although, it's funny, actually, some of my favorite writers really do. Like Martin… — Elizabeth Gilbert
It's the professional deformation of many writers, and has ruined not a few. (I remember Kingsley Amis, himself no slouch, saying that he could tell… — Christopher Hitchens
Kingsley Amis was a lenient father. His paternal style, in the early years, can best be described as amiably minimalist - in other words, my… — Martin Amis
I've always suffered from being labelled a horror writer - just because I didn't go to university, just because I still talk in my natural… — James Herbert
I liked early Amis a lot, but I stopped reading him some time ago. I admire Hitchens on literary topics - I think he is… — Terry Eagleton
The Electroshock Novelist: The Alluring Bad Boy of Literary England Has Always Been Fascinated by Britain's Dustbin Empire. Now Martin Amis Takes On American Excess, — Sam Tanenhaus
Amis is a force unto himself There is, quite simply, no one else like him. — Jonathan Yardley
To discuss a Martin Amis book, you must first discuss the orchestrated release of a Martin Amis book. In London, which rightly prides itself on… — Graydon Carter
I love Martin Amis. — Maura Tierney
I was obsessed with a writer called Martin Amis when I was a teenager. I read everything. Every single time I went to a bookshop,… — Robert Pattinson
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirates life for me. A toast to piracy and it's many shiny rewards. As a career, what could be more… — Pirates

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15 authors contributed a total of 15 Amis Quotes as follows: