Martin Amis Quotes about Style

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Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

Martin Amis

Style, Fixed, Cruelty

Martin Amis (1991). “Time's arrow, or, The nature of the offence”, Vintage

What did Nabokov and Joyce have in common, apart from the poor teeth and the great prose? Exile, and decades of near pauperism. A compulsive tendency to overtip. An uxoriousness that their wives deservedly inspired. More than that, they both lived their lives 'beautifully'--not in any Jamesian sense (where, besides, ferocious solvency would have been a prerequisite), but in the droll fortitude of their perseverance. They got the work done, with style.

Martin Amis

Perseverance, Wife, Style

FaceBook post by Martin Amis from Aug 10, 2016

Style isn't something added on; it's intrinsic to the perceptions and the way you see life.

Martin Amis

Perception, Style, Way

Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.

Martin Amis

Giving, Style, Moral

FaceBook post by Martin Amis from Aug 16, 2011

All my adult life I have been searching for the right adjective to describe my father's peculiarly aggressive comic style. I recently settled on 'defamatory.

Martin Amis

Father, Style, Adults

Martin Amis (2017). “The Rub of Time: Bellow, Nabokov, Hitchens, Travolta, Trump. Essays and Reportage, 1986-2016”, p.120, Random House