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
Personally, I have detested Gordon Brown since the moment in 2001 when he tried to make cheap capital out of the Laura… — Justin Cartwright Cheap Copy Share Image
It is a commonplace to say that novelists should be judged by their work rather than their private lives or their publicly… — Justin Cartwright Idea Copy Share Image
The book that meant most to me was 'The Wind in the Willows.' It sounds ridiculous, but that was my vision of… — Justin Cartwright Book Copy Share Image
We authors certainly don't know what is going to happen to our books. Are they going to disappear into the ether, following… — Justin Cartwright Being Copy Share Image
It is surprising how many people who don't read believe they have a book in them. Why? Nobody would imagine that Alfred… — Justin Cartwright Believe Copy Share Image
DeLillo has said that he no longer feels a compulsion to write long, compendious books. In his later years, Saul Bellow said… — Justin Cartwright America Copy Share Image
The Bodleian Library, next to the Sheldonian, is one of the great libraries of the world. As well as holding most of… — Justin Cartwright Books Copy Share Image
It was my idea to do a two-hour course of barista training. I was keen to learn how to finish off my… — Justin Cartwright Coffee 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 Cinema Copy Share Image
A connection between poetry and blindness is a classical trope. — Justin Cartwright Between 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 Live 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
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
Strangely enough, the legend of John Brown, who was clearly crazy, helped the abolitionist cause and is thought to have precipitated the… — Justin Cartwright American Copy Share Image
I was once asked by Jeremy Paxman what is it about celebrity and said that people these days seem to think a… — Justin Cartwright Celebrity Copy Share Image
'A Just Defiance' has been a huge success in South Africa. While reading at times like a well-written thriller, its significance is… — Justin Cartwright Apartheid 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 About Copy Share Image
If I was at home, I'd find myself checking email and looking at the Internet when I should be working. In the… — Justin Cartwright Coffee Copy Share Image
Historians and journalists always have agendas, but if I want to find out what's going on in South Africa, I read Nadine… — Justin Cartwright Always Copy Share Image
When I wrote my first serious novel, 'Interior', I was inspired by a 1978 book of Updike's, 'The Coup', which is set… — Justin Cartwright Book Copy Share Image
Coffee must be treated gently and smoothed out. I hadn't realised it was so temperamental. — Justin Cartwright Coffee 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 Hearing Copy Share Image
It's true that all my novels have been versions of myself to some degree. — Justin Cartwright Been Copy Share Image
I love Franschhoek, and straight off the plane, I went to the incomparable Quartier Francais, on the main street, for breakfast. This… — Justin Cartwright Best Copy Share Image
