He awoke at six, as usual. He needed no alarm clock. He was already comprehensively alarmed.
Martin AmisYou see tragedy requires persons of heroic stature. It works on the principle of people being more than humansuper-humanand also being only too human. But there just aren't many great figures around now, so the tragic mechanisms can't work.
Martin AmisEvery 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.
Martin AmisIt's good fun to create an unpredictable character. When he comes into the room, I don't know what he's going to do - I have to find my way.
Martin Amis