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Martin Amis
British
Author
About the author
Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal.
Martin Amis,
British
Author
#Life
#Will
#Sense
#Writer
Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.
Martin Amis,
British
Author
#Style
You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star.
Martin Amis,
British
Author
#Being
Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.
Martin Amis,
British
Author
#Weapons
#Money
#Meaning
Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy.
Martin Amis,
British
Author
#Strength
#Evil
#Money
#Mind
#Fiction
#Addiction
Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.
Martin Amis,
British
Author
Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.
Martin Amis,
British
Author
#Will
#Art
#Lie