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Old 02-19-2011, 02:18 AM   #70
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In context, his statement can be defended:

"... 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.

He simply states that in his view the inherent constraints demanded by that particular audience are detrimental to his art.

One can certainly disagree with him, but it is an opinion expressed in an interview, not an insult hurled at a passing children's author....

I have never read Martin Amis. Should I be embarrassed?
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