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“Never content just to be, America is also obliged to mean; America signifies, hence its constant and riveting vulnerability to illusion.”

Quote by Martin Amis

Book:Vintage Amis

Work

Vintage Amis is a compilation of short stories that delve into the dark corners of human existence, showcasing a dystopian vision of the future and the gradual erosion of societal norms. The stories within this collection reflect Ballard's signature style, blending science fiction with elements of psychological horror, and offer a chilling glimpse into a world that is both familiar and alien. more

Author

Martin Amis is a British novelist known for his satirical and darkly humorous writing. His works often explore the moral dilemmas of modern society and the complexities of individual identity. Born on August 25, 1949, Amis is considered an important figure in British literature. more

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“Suicide is what everyone young thinks they'll do before they get old. But they hardly ever get round to it. They just don't want to commit themselves in that way. When you're young and you look ahead, time ends in mist at twenty-five. 'Old won't happen to me', you say. But old does. Oh, old does. Old always gets you in the end.”

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Book:Other people: a mystery story

Source: Other people: a mystery story

“Someone watches over us when we write. Mother. Teacher. Shakespeare. God.”

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Author:Martin Amis

“You get the feeling that childhood does not last as long as it used to. Innocence gets harder to hold on to as the world gets older, as it accumulates more experience, more mileage and more blood on the tracks.”

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“I would say that the writers I like and trust have at the base of their prose something called the English sentence. An awful lot of modern writing seems to me to be a depressed use of language. Once, I called it "vow-of-poverty prose." No, give me the king in his countinghouse. Give me Updike.”

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“Every day, the dispensing of existence.... Its face is fierce and distant and ancient.”

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Book:Time's arrow, or, The nature of the offence

Source: Time's arrow, or, The nature of the offence

“It's interesting when you're doing signing sessions with other writers and you look at the queues at each table and you can see definite human types gathering there.... My queue is always full of, you know, wild-eyed sleazebags and people who stare at me very intensely, as if I have some particular message for them. As if I must know that they've been reading me, that this dyad or symbiosis of reader and writer has been so intense that I must somehow know about it.”

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“Being inoffensive, and being offended, are now the twin addictions of the culture.”

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Book:The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000

Source: The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000

“In my experience of fights and fighting, it is invariably the aggressor who keeps getting everything wrong.”

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Book:The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America

Source: The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America