Ian McEwan, Sweet Tooth Quotes

Everyone knew as much as they needed to know to be happy.

I was irritated by the way he conflated his own shifting needs with an impersonal destiny. I want it, therefore...it's in the stars!

Writers owed their readers a duty of care, of mercy.

In difficult moments it’s sometimes a good idea to ask yourself what it is you most want to be doing and consider how it can be achieved. If it can’t, move on to the second best thing.

The constrained lives of his characters made me wonder how my own existence might appear in his hands.