Like all great writers he wasn’t the easiest of people.. but writers aren’t meant to be and he did enjoy a ciggie!
Thanks to lit hub for collection all of the following
Dwight Garner on the late Martin Amis. | New York Times
And here’s Amis on the genius of Jane Austen (and the time he went to the movies with Salman Rushdie). | Lit Hub Criticism
“You’ll be reading me every now and then at least until about 2080, weather permitting.” On the talent—and influence—of Martin Amis. | The Guardian
“Very tender, very sweet and very generous.” Ian McEwan on the softer side of Martin Amis. | The Independent
“I first met him in 1969, in Paris, when we both found ourselves staying in the same apartment on the Île Saint-Louis for a few days. I was 17, Martin was 20.” William Boyd on Martin Amis | The Guardian
Here are a few pithy MA lines
One for the Americans …..Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.
One For The Brits … And meanwhile time goes about its immemorial work of making everyone look and feel like shit
One for the world we are .….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.
One for us at House of Butter Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything
