Ian Mcewan
Ian Mcewan
Ian Russell McEwan CBE FRSA FRSLis an English novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, The Times featured him on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945"...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth21 June 1948
not-sure happened knows
Something has happened, hasn't it? ... It's like being up close to something so large you don't even see it. Even now, I'm not sure I can. But I know it's there.
dream simple people
If life was a dream, then dying must be the moment when you woke up. It was so simple it must be true. You died, the dream was over, you woke up. That's what people meant when they talked about going to heaven. It was like waking up.
girl believe cutting
Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short and wear shirts and boots because it's okay to be a boy; for girls it's like promotion. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, according to you, because secretly you believe that being a girl is degrading.
liars moving deception
Especially difficult when the first and best unconscious move of a dedicated liar is to persuade himself he's sincere. And once he's sincere, all deception vanishes.
inevitable-death doe inevitable
Is there any meaning in my life that the inevitable death awaiting me does not destory?
heart darkness lines
He knew these last lines by heart and mouthed them now in the darkness. My reason for life. Not living, but life. That was the touch. And she was his reason for life, and why he must survive.
strong past bully
When they kissed she immediately felt his tongue, tensed and strong, pushing past her teeth, like some bully shouldering his way into a room. Entering her.
giving world wanted
...the world she ran through loved her and would give her what she wanted and would let it happen.
powerful character fate
It troubles him to consider the powerful currents and fine-tuning that alter fate, the close and distant influences, the accidents of character and circumstance.
stories said
I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.'
writing
I'm quite good at not writing.
successful guitar play
I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.
children groups close-friends
I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.
reviews
I often don't read reviews.