Quote by Martin Amis
The middle class is doing fine in fiction. But its not what gets m

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

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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

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