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Ian McEwan (born June 21, 1948) is a British novelist, sometimes nicknamed "Ian Macabre" because of the nature of his early work..

"By measuring individual human worth, the novelist reveals the full enormity of the State's crime when it sets out to crush that individuality."

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"It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important."

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"One has to have the courage of one's pessimism."

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"Politics is the enemy of the imagination."

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"By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage."

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"You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify the ways of God to man, you might end up interesting your readers rather more in Satan."

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