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‘He made every sentence electric’: Martin Amis remembered by Tina Brown, his old friend and devoted editor
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possibly the most extreme example in modern fiction of how beautifully and lovingly someone can write 70,000 words of vicious nonsense.
Martin Amis • The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 (Vintage International)
‘The most popular plays of yesterday are on the level of the worst novels of yesterday. The best plays of today are on the level of magazine stories and fat bestsellers.’ And the reasons for this are obvious too – the fatigue and artificiality of dramatic conventions, together with the insidious reliance on market forces (and just look at those mar
... See moreMartin Amis • The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 (Vintage International)
“Most of the young men of talent whom I have met in this country give one the impression of being somewhat demented. Why shouldn't they? They are living amidst spiritual gorillas, living with food and drink maniacs, success-mongers, gadget innovators, publicity hounds. God, if I were a young man today, if I were faced with a world such as we have c... See more
Henry Miller • Henry Miller: Few Can Escape the Treadmill
