The middle class is doing fine in fiction. But its not what gets me going. I love the working class, and everyone from it Ive met, and think theyre incredibly witty, inventive – theres a lot of poetry there. – Martin Amis
Money doesnt mind if we say its evil, it goes from strength to strength. Its a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy. – Martin Amis
Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal. – Martin Amis
Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun. – Martin Amis
Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything Ive learned about poetry – the concision, the ability to say something as vividly as possible – but also the ability to create a narrative that, though lacking a novels length, satisfies the reader. – Ron Rash