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Martin Amis Quotes

My literary career kicked off in 1956 when, as a resident of Swansea, South Wales, I published my first novel, 'Lucky Jim.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: british
Birth: August 25, 1949

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Career Lucky First Off Published

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

Robert Louis Stevenson

You Body Spirit

I have a painting where somebody's holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody's head.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Painting Chicken Head Where Somebody

To my fellow nominees, whoever they are - I'm not that familiar with their work - I just want to say, there's always next year - except, you know, for Ray Romano .

Work Year You Know Say Want

I was supposed to fight a guy back in the day. He didn't shower, specifically to throw off his opponents. Thank God I got injured, and I couldn't fight the fight. I was so worried about it. I was like, 'Oh my God - I heard about this guy.' It was the worst ever.

God Day Fight Thank God Back Worst

I think, today, television is asking too many loaded questions, pushing further for ratings.

Today Think Questions Television

Terrorism is like jujitsu: The small players win if they make the large player use his strength against himself.

Strength Win Small Terrorism Against

What sweetens the deal for me is that I get to develop an alien species from the ground up. I'm playing Saru, a Kelpian, and this race has never been seen before in any 'Star Trek' series.

Me Alien Race Never Ground Up

It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top.

Speed Magic You Physics Top Turn

Spike Lee is one of my biggest influences. What I love about Spike, other than he's just a fun guy to hang around, is that Spike is fearless. As much as people talk about him being politically outspoken, let's not forget that he's one of the best screenwriters, ever, in addition to being a visual master.

Cheo Hodari Coker

Love Best Fun People Fearless Talk

As much as I love acting, I just want to be a healthy person.

Love Acting Person Healthy Want

I founded io9 back in 2008, and I watched it journey from the farthest reaches of space to its current home under this atmosphere bubble on Ceres.

Home Journey Space Back Bubble

For almost every novel I've written, I've read the daily newspaper of the time almost as if it were my current subscription. For 'Two Moons,' which was set in 1877, I think I read just about every day of the 'Washington Evening Star' for that year. For 'Henry and Clara,' I read the 'Albany Evening Journal' of the time.

Daily Time Day Think Evening Year

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