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Ian Mcewan

British Author

Born: Jun 21, 1948

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You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify the ways of God to man, you might end up interesting your readers rather more in Satan. Ian Mcewan

Atheists have as much conscience, possibly more, than people with deep religious conviction, and they still have the same problem of how they reconcile themselves to a bad deed in the past. It's a little easier if you've got a god to forgive you. Ian Mcewan

God You People Problem Past Conviction Easier Possibly Bad Atheists Reconcile Religious More Got How Still Than Same Forgive In The Past Little Themselves Much Deed Deep Conscience

What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring. Ian Mcewan

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

Somebody Meet Read Said Revolting Stories Them Your Who

Not being boring is quite a challenge. Ian Mcewan

Challenge Boring Quite Being

I'm quite good at not writing. Ian Mcewan

Good Writing Quite

I often don't read reviews. Ian Mcewan

Read Reviews Often

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