We 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 AmisBeing American is, I think, a very difficult thing in art, because all the elements are European.
Kingsley AmisHangover cure: Rigorous sex, hydration, hot bath, then "go up for half an hour in an open aeroplane. (needless to say, with a non-hungover person at the controls)."
Kingsley Amis