The middle class is doing fine in fiction. But its not what gets me going. I love the working class, and everyone from it Ive met, and think theyre incredibly witty, inventive – theres a lot of poetry there. – Martin Amis
Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun. – Martin Amis
Addictions do come in handy sometimes: at least you have to get out of bed for them. – Martin Amis
Everything seems fine until youre about 40. Then something is definitely beginning to go wrong. And you look in the mirror with your old habit of thinking, While I accept that everyone grows old and dies, its a funny thing, but Im an exception to that rule. – Martin Amis
When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or whats going on in the plot, I go back and I read Pablo Nerudas poetry. I dont actually speak Spanish, so I read it translation. But I always go back to Neruda. I dont know why, but it calms me, calms my brain. – Tea Obreht
Stuart was an early riser: he was almost always the first person up in the morning. He liked the feeling of being the first one stirring; he enjoyed the quiet rooms with the books standing still on the shelves, the pale light coming in through the windows, and the fresh smell of day. – E.B. White, Stuart Little, 1945