Martin Amis Quotes

Deciding to write a novel about something - as opposed to finding you are writing a novel around something - sounds to me like a good evocation of writer's block.

Martin Amis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodMeWritingFindingYouWrite

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

John Hope

StoryExcitementHearingUntold

A man should be rugged like Steve McQueen; the way he stands, like he's ready for something. Or he should be a man of the world like Dean Martin.

Maureen McCormick

ManWorldReadyWaySomethingLike

I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.

Jeff Bezos

BusinessBelieveCareBetterYou

I am a filmmaker. That is all I've ever been. You know, Martin Scorsese makes films about the mob. And I make movies about food.

Alton Brown

FoodI AmYouKnowMoviesFilmmaker

Diabetes taught me discipline.

Sonia Sotomayor

DisciplineMeDiabetesTaught

When you see the horrible conditions that these animals live in, you wonder why operators of puppy mills have gone undetected for so long.

Tony Cardenas

LiveLongYouWonderAnimalsWhy

Although I may find the type of programming seen during the 2004 Super Bowl and the 2003 Golden Globe Awards disgusting and disturbing, we must always work hard to defend the cherished freedoms so clearly outlined in our Constitution, including a healthy and free press.

Mike Rogers

WorkWork HardFreeConstitution

I've had a great time doing it - being able to say yes to a couple of amazing shows.

Mary Steenburgen

GreatTimeAmazingDoingSayYes

We have food deserts in our cities. We know that the distance you live from a supplier of fresh produce is one of the best predictors of your health. And in the inner city, people don't have grocery stores. So we have to figure out a way of getting supermarkets and farmers markets into the inner cities.

Michael Pollan

LiveHealthFoodBestPeopleCity

When the civil rights battle was won, all the Jews and hippies and artists were middle class white people and all the blacks were still poor. Materially, not much changed.

Jonathan Lethem

PeopleBattleWhiteClassPoor

When I entered college, I wasn't sure what I was going to do. My advisor happened to be from the theater department, and he encouraged me to take some classes there, which I did.

David Selby

CollegeMeTakeGoingSureHappened

I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.

Peter Jennings

BelieveQuestionsSayI BelieveAsk

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