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Martin Amis

Wednesday 21st of January 2026

The arts When success happens to an English writer, he acquires a new typewriter. When success happens to an American writer, he acquires a new life.  Martin Amis © 2018 Kwiple.com
Looks It used to be said that by a certain age a man had the face that he deserved. Nowadays, he has the face he can afford. Martin Amis © 2017 Kwiple.com
Nukes North Korea could inflict a million casualties on its southern neighbor and raze Seoul. Iraq couldn't manage anything on this scale, so you could attack it. North Korea could, so you couldn't. The imponderables of the proliferation age were becoming ponderable. Once a nation has done the risky and naseous work of acquisition, it becomes unattackable. A single untested nuclear weapon may be a liability. But five or six constitute a deterrent. From this it crucially follows that we are going to war with Iraq because it doesn't have weapons of mass destruction. Or not many. Martin Amis, “The palace of the end” [2003] © 2017 Kwiple.com
Political correctness Being inoffensive, and being offended, are now the twin addictions of the culture. Martin Amis, 1996  © 2017 Kwiple.com
 
War Weapons are like money: no one knows the meaning of enough. Martin Amis, Einstein's Monsters © 2017 Kwiple.com