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The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone.
Martin Amis
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Martin Amis
Age: 75
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Martin Louis Amis
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Present-day Spain translates as many books into Spanish, annually, as the Arab world has translated into Arabic in the past 1,100 years.
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I'm afraid the negative things are always the great subjects. Failure is much more interesting than success.
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