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Me Quotes by Martin Amis
- Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an unknowable debt for that. One…
- Sometimes I feel that life is passing me by, not slowly either, but with ropes of steam and spark - spattered wheels and a hoarse…
- 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 who…
- I would never write about someone that forced me to write at a lower register than what I can write,
- Deciding to write a novel about something - as opposed to finding you are writing a novel around something - sounds to me like a…
- 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 the…
- It's not that you get a cliché and then wiggle it about or use synonyms. You don't take an ordinary decorative paragraph and give it…
- The only writer who gives me unfeigned pleasure is P.G. Wodehouse. And even him I find a bit heavy. He takes a lot out of…
- Life is made of fear. Some people eat fear soup three times a day. Some people eat fear soup all the meals there are. I…
- So if you ever felt something behind you, when you weren't even one, like welcome heat, like a bulb, like a sun, trying to shine…
- For both of us, I think, it had to do with our weakened power to love. It is strange that enslavement should have that effect…
- It seems to me that you need a lot of courage, or a lot of something, to enter into others, into other people. We all…
- You know, I wouldn’t have done this a month ago. I wouldn’t have done it then. Then I was avoiding. Now I’m just waiting. Things…
- I am easily moved to tears and rarely survive a visit to the cinema without shedding them, racked, as I am, by the most perfunctory,…
- Oh man sometimes I wake up feel like a cat runover. Are you familiar with the stoical aspects of hard drinking, of heavy drinking? Oh…
- 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 have no common…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale