America is a younger country than England, obviously, and as self-awareness is forming in America - are we a collection of immigrants, are we a load of Italians and Germans and Jews and Brits and Irish, or are we a country with a soul and an identity? - there was a subliminal sense, they knew that the writers would be the ones who would answer those questions.
Martin AmisKingsley Amis was a lenient father. His paternal style, in the early years, can best be described as amiably minimalist - in other words, my mother did it all.
Martin AmisWhen we read, we are doing more than delectating words on a page stories, characters, images, notions. We are communing with the mind of the author.
Martin AmisI would never write about someone that forced me to write at a lower register than what I can write.
Martin Amis