Ian Mcewan Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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In American films, Russians are often portrayed like cartoon villains without clear motivations.
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In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer.
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Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create.
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What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true.
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I never read about photography.
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I write romance because I love to read romance.
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My mother taught me to read.
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Money often costs too much.
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I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.
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I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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I read Carver. Julio Cortazar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me.
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Variety improves the things that we do too often, but it rules the things that we don't do often enough.
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For me, any book I'm writing is also a chance to get in and research and read and learn things that I maybe only knew a little bit about before.
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I don't read any reviews, so I'm oblivious to what they have to say. I'm completely unaware. It's fantastic.
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The Russians often took advantage of Lend-Lease.
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Movies can provide tear-inducing or comically-entertaining representations of love, but many agree that its deeper conflicting complexities often seem unfathomable.
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I would read all day if I could.
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Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
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One thing I'm not sure of - and it's a very open question - is whether the type of politics that I represent really has had its day or not. Now I obviously believe passionately it hasn't, that it's still the answer and not the problem, and, you know, the evidence points both ways.
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I'm not going to doubt my life.
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You have a kid, and it's like, 'He's gotta go to college! Gotta have some clothes!'
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I often don't read reviews.
