My father always had doubts about the Booker prize, although they evaporated on the announcement that he had won it.
Martin AmisAmerica has had much more respect for its writers because they had to define what America was. America wasn't sure what it was.
Martin AmisThese are the Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, Envy, Pride, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Sloth. These are the seven deadly sins: venality, paranoia, insecurity, excess, carnality, contempt, boredom.
Martin AmisIt's been said that happiness writes white. It doesn't show up on the page. When you're on holiday and writing a letter home to a friend, no one wants a letter that says the food is good and the weather is charming and the accommodations comfortable. You want to hear about lost passports and rat-filled shacks.
Martin Amis