Ian Mcewan Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“It should simply be an empirical matter whether the climate is changing or not and whether we're responsible. But the various sides of the debate have now become so tribal that it's no longer a matter of changing our views as more information comes in.”

“What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring.”

“I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress.”

“You could say that all novels are spy novels and all novelists are spy masters.”

“Not being boring is quite a challenge.”

“What is it precisely, that feeling of 'returning' from a poem? Something is lighter, softer, larger - then it fades, but never completely.”

“Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.”

“Reading reviews makes you thin-skinned. It's like waves washing layers off your skin.”

“I always used to deny this, but I guess what I'm really saying is that I was writing to shock... And I dug deep and dredged up all kinds of vile things which fascinated me at the time.”

“I don't hold grudges.”