What did Martin Amis mean by: He didn’t want to please his readers. He wanted to stretch them until they twanged. - Martin Amis Author · United Kingdom Copy
+ Someone watches over us when we write. Mother. Teacher. Shakespeare. God. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Martin Amis, Mother, Teacher, Writing, 0 - Martin Amis Author · United Kingdom
+ I say the sentences again and again in my head until they sound right. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Martin Amis, Sound, Writing, 0 - Martin Amis Author · United Kingdom
+ Style isn’t something added on; it’s intrinsic to the perceptions and the way you see life. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Martin Amis, Perception, Style, 0 - Martin Amis Author · United Kingdom
+ The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Martin Amis, Alive, 0 - Martin Amis Author · United Kingdom
+ Tremendous interest in the superficial is very characteristic of cultures in decline. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Martin Amis, Characteristics, Culture, Superficial, 0 - Martin Amis Author · United Kingdom
+ Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Martin Amis, Art, Lying, 0 - Martin Amis Author · United Kingdom
+ The true manipulator never has a reputation for manipulating. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Martin Amis, Reputation, 0 - Martin Amis Author · United Kingdom
+ I always do my draft in long hand because even the ink is part of the flow. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Martin Amis, Hands, Writing, 0 - Martin Amis Author · United Kingdom
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
