Martin Amis Quotes

All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we gently say.

Martin Amis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkFindSayWillPointFiction

All of the Rolling Stones' children are my children's best friends.

Jerry Hall

ChildrenBestFriendsRollingStones

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

Jeanette Winterson

AnythingUsMakeLasts

I grew up in Japan. It's my first memories of life are Japan.

Johnny Colt

LifeMemoriesFirstUpJapanGrew

Writing has always felt like a compulsion. Even at high school there'd be times when people would ask me if I wanted to go and hang out and I'd sit home and write instead.

Amanda Hocking

HomeSchoolPeopleMeWritingGo

For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the next victims must be Jews. It can also be other people.

Simon Wiesenthal

PeopleLawLearnTragedyNextMust

Because I like to pick up where I left off and continue from there.

Tommy Tune

UpLeftWhereBecauseOffContinue

You can't make someone be your best friend.

Rosalind Wiseman

FriendBestBest FriendSomeoneYou

There's a security, a validity of knowing that it's legal. It's hard to put into words. It's just a feeling, I guess - something about saying vows in front of the people around you who love and support you.

Matt Bomer

LoveWordsSupportPeopleSaying

Recording 'Ten,' we probably did 'Even Flow' 30 times.

Mike McCready

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A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.

Lorraine Hansberry

LonelinessChallengeMenWomanRisk

I think everyone who makes movies should be forced to do television. Because you have to finish. You have to get it done, and there are a lot of decisions made just for the sake of making decisions. You do something because it's efficient and because it gets the story told and it connects to the audience.

Joss Whedon

StoryThinkDecisionsYouTelevision

Actors will always tell you it's more fun playing bad guys. A lot of the time, it's criminals who are the people who don't care. There's something extraordinarily seductive about the guy who doesn't care, and to play that guy is terribly empowering, because you don't have to worry about the consequences of your actions.

Brendan Gleeson

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