Martin Amis, Experience: A Memoir
"I am easily moved to tears and rarely survive a visit to the cinema without shedding them, racked, as I am, by the most perfunctory, meretricious or even callously sentimental attempts at poignancy (something about the exterior of the human face, so vast and palpable, with the eyes and the lips: it is all writ too large for me, too immediate for me.)"
4 Quotes
"I am easily moved to tears and rarely survive a visit to the cinema without shedding them, racked, as I am, by the most perfunctory, meretricious or even callously sentimental attempts at poignancy (something about the exterior of the human face, so vast and palpable, with the eyes and the lips: it is all writ too large for me, too immediate for me.)"
"تُحرّكني الدموع بسهولة، ونادرًا ما أخرج من زيارة للسينما دون أن أذرفها، إذ تنهشني محاولات التأثير العاطفي، حتى أكثرها سطحية أو براقة أو حتى تلك التي تتسم بالقسوة العاطفية (شيء ما في مظهر الوجه البشري، بهذا الاتساع والوضوح، مع العينين والشفتين: كل ذلك يبدو لي مكتوبًا بحجم أكبر من اللازم، ومباشرًا جدًا بالنسبة لي)."
Martin Amis, Experience: A Memoir
"The trouble with life (the novelist will feel) is its amorphousness, its ridiculous fluidity. Look at it: thinly plotted, largely themeless, sentimental and ineluctably trite. The dialogue is poor, or at least violently uneven. The twists are either predictable or sensationalist. And it’s always the same beginning, and the same ending."
"مأخذ الحياة (كما سيشعر الروائي) هو افتقارها للشكل، سيولتها السخيفة. انظر إليها: حبكتها هزيلة، خالية إلى حد كبير من الموضوع، عاطفية ومبتذلة لا محالة. الحوار ركيك، أو على الأقل متفاوت بشكل صارخ. المنعطفات إما متوقعة أو مثيرة للضجة. ودائمًا ما تكون البداية هي نفسها، والنهاية هي نفسها."
Martin Amis, Experience: A Memoir
"…This remains the great deficiency of literature: its imitation of nature cannot prepare you for the main events. For the main events, only experience will answer."
Martin Amis, Experience: A Memoir
"My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived."
Martin Amis, Experience: A Memoir
✉️
Get more quotes like Martin Amis, Experience: A Memoir's — every morning.
Join thousands of wisdom seekers getting daily quotes from 300,000+ curated sources.
Free forever. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
🎉 Check your inbox to confirm your subscription!