Then don't... I thought that people who were interested readers would actually have some support for free speech but the number of times someone gets jumped on, for a mis-read or misinterpretation of what they said or printed, is astounding... Read other quotes below yours...
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Originally Posted by Vivian
He might be a very good writer for all I know, but a comment like that makes me not want to read him.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Given that he's talking about HIMSELF, I really don't see that this can be considered rude. He's not talking about childrens' authors in general.
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Originally Posted by WickedKitten
Indeed. He is saying that the only way that he would be able to get the mindset of writing a childrens book is if he had a serious brain injury that would change the way that his brain writes.
I've been reading Martin Amis for over 20 years now from books, to essays, to articles and trust me, he's not the type of man to mince words. If he was going to say that children's authors have serious brain injuries, he would have just said he thinks they all suffer from brain injuries.