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Originally Posted by charleski
Sure, Martin Amis is well-known to be arrogant and over-prone to self-importance, but I have a really hard time working out what is supposed to be rude about his remarks:
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...the idea of being conscious of who you're directing the story to is anathema to me, because, in my view, fiction is freedom and any restraints on that are intolerable.
I would never write about someone that forced me to write at a lower register than what I can write.
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Maybe you're not finding the remarks rude because you're leaving out the most offensive part:
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I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who you're directing the story to is anathema to me, because, in my view, fiction is freedom and any restraints on that are intolerable.
I would never write about someone that forced me to write at a lower register than what I can write. [Emphasis added.]
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