Ian Mcewan

I'm quite good at not writing. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#i #quite #writing

I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.' ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#meet #read #revolting #said #somebody

If I could write the perfect novella I would die happy. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#die #happy #i #if i could #perfect

In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#experience #fellow #letter #lot #means

My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the emotions. But he was very affectionate towards me. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#acute #affectionate #articulate #deal #drinking

Not being boring is quite a challenge. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#boring #challenge #quite

Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#charge #controlling #crucially #flow #information

Now, I'm an atheist. I really don't believe for a moment that our moral sense comes from a god. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#believe #comes #god #i #moment

Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#booker #great #i #i think #immune

One has to have the courage of one's pessimism. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#pessimism