Jim Crace's novels have one thing in common, which is that each is set in an entirely original world. None of these… — Justin Cartwright Connection Copy Share Image
This is the strange thing about South Africa - for all its corruption and crime, it seems to offer a stimulating sense… — Justin Cartwright Corruption Copy Share Image
The great thing about the public is that they're quite capable of believing two absolutely contrary views at the same time. — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
The druidical claims for Stonehenge seem to belong to that bonkers-but-persistent strand of Englishness that believes there is something particularly mystical about… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
I love John Updike immoderately. I am profoundly shocked that he has gone because he was, for me, the greatest American writer… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Homer Collyer's chosen form of self-expression is the piano, although late in life, when his hearing also goes, he takes to writing. — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
The point about 'state-of-the-nation' novels is not that they should be about the 'state-of-the-nation', but they should be about people. — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
I thought I'd write a massive postmodern novel about Richard the Lionheart and Robin Hood, but it turns out they couldn't have… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Nicola Barker is both prodigiously talented and admirably fearless. I have loved her books. But for some time, I had little or… — Justin Cartwright Books Copy Share Image
The plane approaches Cape Town and, as always, I am astonished by the view of Table Mountain and the surrounding sea. It… — Justin Cartwright Beautiful Copy Share Image
My own interest in Kafka's letter came about when I was writing an article on Peter Ginz, the boy novelist held in… — Justin Cartwright Auschwitz Copy Share Image
If Franschhoek has a fault, it is in the lavish refurbishment of wine farms and estates which has reached absurd proportions. Some,… — Justin Cartwright Absurd Copy Share Image
'The Cauliflower' is full of these bizarre anecdotes, some of them petty, others moving or whimsical, as its many characters try to… — Justin Cartwright Bizarre Copy Share Image
I'm not an especially male novelist, but I think men are better at writing about men, and the same is true for… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Writing 'Judas: The Troubling History of the Renegade Apostle' must have been a difficult task because there are no facts. Judas may… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
This Oscar Pistorius business is interesting. There is this cult of carrying lots of guns and being ready to shoot somebody. There… — Justin Cartwright Business Copy Share Image
Winning the Whitbread was a very major thing for me. I'd always been well reviewed, but this made me widely read. — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
I write from what I take to be the realist's point of view, looking at life as it really is - or… — Justin Cartwright Life Copy Share Image
Weimar lasted 14 years, the Third Reich only 12. Yet Weimar is always seen as a prelude to the Third Reich, which… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Strangely enough, the legend of John Brown, who was clearly crazy, helped the abolitionist cause and is thought to have precipitated the… — Justin Cartwright Abolitionist Copy Share Image
Transport is not a ministry the ambitious should accept: no transport minister has gone on to be prime minister. — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
James McBride's 'The Good Lord Bird' is set in the mid-19th century and is based on the real life of John Brown,… — Justin Cartwright Bird Copy Share Image
Nadine Gordimer came over just before she died. She didn't want to talk about books or the arts, but about the abuse… — Justin Cartwright Abuse Copy Share Image
Advertising, the product of capitalism, can only justify itself on the premise that the market is a force for good. — Justin Cartwright Advertising Copy Share Image
I always assumed I could never make a living out of literary fiction, and I was right. When I did try, it… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Personally, I have detested Gordon Brown since the moment in 2001 when he tried to make cheap capital out of the Laura… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
It's a strange failure of the literary world that Updike never quite received his due. Despite winning two Pulitzers and two National… — Justin Cartwright Failure Copy Share Image
Someone once pointed out that there are quite a lot of animals in my books, and I'm sure that is something to… — Justin Cartwright Animals Copy Share Image
The working-class Africans are not doing very well, and one of the problems is their education is so shocking. It is routinely… — Justin Cartwright Africans Copy Share Image
The Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford is an astonishing building, designed by Christopher Wren. Its painted ceiling has just been restored so that… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Helen Zille, formidable leader of the Democratic Alliance, routinely vilified as representing white interests only, is trying to make sure everyone knows… — Justin Cartwright Alliance Copy Share Image
I suppose on the filmmaking side, you can learn how to cram a lot into a small space. But I think that… — Justin Cartwright Advertising Copy Share Image
My brother and I were brought up sort of thinking that we were English. I remember hearing the poet Roy Campbell on… — Justin Cartwright Brother Copy Share Image
As Eric Weitz argues, the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) was not responsible for the Reich; it was a democratic, socially aware and progressive… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
'Point Omega' starts in an art gallery, where an unnamed man is watching, day after day, a 24-hour version of 'Psycho,' an… — Justin Cartwright Art Copy Share Image
Franschhoek - French Corner - is a place which serves South Africans as a kind of sophisticated fantasy, an alternative version of… — Justin Cartwright Corner Copy Share Image
The fascination with Judas has persisted despite the fact that there is no evidence of the hard facts of his life. Even… — Justin Cartwright Corruption Copy Share Image
It is true that it is usually for their books that novelists reserve their most considered and ordered thoughts, but the fact… — Justin Cartwright Books Copy Share Image
'Homer and Langley' is the work of E. L. Doctorow's old age. There are fewer Homeric references than you might have expected,… — Justin Cartwright Age Copy Share Image
I grew up reading Updike. I remember being alarmed to find that he had published short stories by the time he was… — Justin Cartwright Art Copy Share Image
