Martin Amis Quotes

I'd like to be remembered as someone who kept the comic novel going for another generation or so. I fear the comic novel is in retreat. A joke is by definition politically incorrect - it assumes a butt, and a certain superiority in the teller. The culture won't put up with that for much longer.

Martin Amis

Quotes to Explore

I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.

Calvin Klein
- Fear
- Myself
- Goddess
I've grown up with girls that are like Precious. I've grown up with people that are like everyone that I read about in that book. And so years later, when I was given the role, I just felt a huge responsibility to show the reality of that situation and to show that we're not making it up.

Gabourey Sidibe
- People
- Up
- Book
People should be able to express their culture without getting into all that chauvinistic thing.

Irvine Welsh
- People
- Culture
- Without
What gets people into trouble with records now is that they want to build something up without substantial musical ideas. Without that as a foundation, you can add all the layers of sound you want - it's still going to sound like a mess.

Walter Becker Steely Dan
- People
- Up
- Ideas
I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.

Bat for Lashes
- Up
- Family
- English
I grew up, until age 6, in Chicago. My parents rented their apartment and, at the end of the Depression, my parents wanted to replicate that situation. So, again, we lived in a somewhat suburban setting outside of New York City, and again, they rented.

Edmund Phelps
- Up
- Age
- Parents