Author: Ian Mcewan

Quotes

The moment you have children and a mortgage you want things to work; you're locked into the human project and you want it to flourish.

The moment you have children and a mortgage you want things to work; you're locked into the human project and you want it to flourish.

- Ian Mcewan

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

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

- Ian Mcewan

The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject.

The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject.

- Ian Mcewan

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.

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

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

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

- Ian Mcewan

I'm quite good at not writing.

I'm quite good at not writing.

- Ian Mcewan

Politics is the enemy of the imagination.

Politics is the enemy of the imagination.

- Ian Mcewan

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