Work was like cats were supposed to be: if you disliked and feared it and tried to keep out if its way, it knew at once and sought you out and jumped on your lap and climbed all over you to show how much it loved you. Please God, he thought, don't let me die in harness.
Kingsley AmisWe should be wrong to demand that a critic must stay on the point all the time; it is enough if he remains in orbit around it.
Kingsley AmisI'll pour you the first one and after that, if you don't have one, it's your own f****** fault. You know where it is.
Kingsley Amis