When we read, we are doing more than delectating words on a page stories, characters, images, notions. We are communing with the mind of the author.
Martin AmisBullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.
Martin AmisMere fact has no chance of being formally perfect. It will get in the way, it will be all elbows.
Martin AmisI think a lot of people who read fiction are interested in subtlety. But they wouldn't like my stuff. It's a bit too violent for many tastes.
Martin Amis