Quotes by Amis, Martin

Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough. >>

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be >>

Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions. >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

In general I do not draw well with literary men -- not that I dislike >>

He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic >>

Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in tryin >>

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal.

Amis, Martin