I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive.
Quotes By Ian Mcewan
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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate and...
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I don't believe there's any inherent darkness at the center of religion at...
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London in the '70s was a pretty catastrophic dump I can tell you. We had...
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I apologize for being obvious but every time I watch the curtain come down...
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One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error...
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By concentrating on what is good in people by appealing to their idealism...
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A twenty-one-year-old writer is likely to be inhibited by a lack of usable...
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In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
Quotes About Funny
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The last person they expected to connect with a screenplay was the comedic...
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But I think funny and talent will always win out I mean of course there are...
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It is funny because the guy who is my boss now Howard Stern has a...
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I have a funny family but none of them are remotely in show business.
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When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government the fundamentalists...
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So it was just funny to read a script that was just similar to what had been...
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People are funny and in the most tragic situations when comedy erupts from...
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It's funny though because when I first started going to races after we met...
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My parents are both very funny but they're also relatively soft-spoken...
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I've actually tried to roast somebody that I don't like and it doesn't go...