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

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

Ian Mcewan · Courage

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Ian Mcewan

I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.

Strength

Ian Mcewan

A twenty-one-year-old writer is likely to be inhibited by a lack of usable experience. Childhood and adolescence were something I knew.

Experience

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I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive.

Funny

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I don't believe there's any inherent darkness at the center of religion at all. I think religion actually is a morally neutral force.

Religion