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Martin Amis (born August 25, 1949) is an English novelist. His best known novels include Money (1984), London Fields (1989), Time's Arrow (1991) and The Information (1995)..

"Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough."

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"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."

Amis, Martin on money    Share

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"Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun."

Amis, Martin on peace
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"Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions."

Amis, Martin on style    Share

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"Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal."

Amis, Martin on writers and writing
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"More will mean worse."

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