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People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who you're directing the story to is anathema to me, because, in my view, fiction is freedom and any restraints on that are intolerable.
— Martin Amis
Tags: people, you, freedom, me

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In America, the policeman is a working-class hero. In England, the policeman is a working-class traitor.
— Martin Amis
Tags: policeman, england, america, hero
Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without the thorn.
— Martin Amis
Tags: rose, lie, lion, art
Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.
— Martin Amis
Tags: rose, lie, lion, art
Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy.
— Martin Amis
Tags: evil, mind, money, strength
Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an unknowable debt for that. One flaw: sometimes, early on, she would tell me things designed to make me think less of my mother, and I would wave her away, saying, 'Jane, this just backfires and makes me think less of you.'
— Martin Amis
Tags: think, mother, you, me
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