Famous Martin Amis Quotes

  • The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone. – Martin Amis

    The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone.– Martin Amis

  • It’s possible to be flippant here, when Jihadists fly aircraft into buildings they shout God is Great, what do atheists shout when they do it? – Martin Amis

    It’s possible to be flippant here, when Jihadists fly aircraft into buildings they shout God is Great, what do atheists shout when they do it?– Martin Amis

  • Now I have to lie on the bed for a few minutes and let the solitude gather round me once more. – Martin Amis

    Now I have to lie on the bed for a few minutes and let the solitude gather round me once more.– Martin Amis

  • Poverty said the same thing, century after century, but in different kinds of sentences. – Martin Amis

    Poverty said the same thing, century after century, but in different kinds of sentences.– Martin Amis

  • When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable – Martin Amis

    When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable– Martin Amis

  • Only parents and torturers and the janitors of holocausts are asked to stand the sound of so much human grief. – Martin Amis

    Only parents and torturers and the janitors of holocausts are asked to stand the sound of so much human grief.– Martin Amis

  • Fiction is the only way to redeem the formlessness of life – Martin Amis

    Fiction is the only way to redeem the formlessness of life– Martin Amis

  • Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn. – Martin Amis

    Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.– Martin Amis

  • The deal with multiculturalism is that the only culture you’re allowed to disapprove of is your own. – Martin Amis

    The deal with multiculturalism is that the only culture you’re allowed to disapprove of is your own.– Martin Amis

  • He awoke at six, as usual. He needed no alarm clock. He was already comprehensively alarmed. – Martin Amis

    He awoke at six, as usual. He needed no alarm clock. He was already comprehensively alarmed.– Martin Amis