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
Weimar lasted 14 years, the Third Reich only 12. Yet Weimar is always seen as a prelude to the Third Reich, which… — Justin Cartwright Always 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 Better Copy Share Image
In a way, advertising, for all its shallowness, its love of design, its modishness and its self-justification, is curiously innocent. The idea… — 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
If I had been brought up in America, I think I would still have had the same sort of job as a… — Justin Cartwright America Copy Share Image
'Powers of Persuasion: The Story of British Advertising' by Winston Fletcher - the impression you get from reading this book, which covers… — Justin Cartwright Advertising Copy Share Image
Franschhoek Valley was, in recent memory, a simple place with some notable vineyards and two or three streets of Victorian cottages and… — Justin Cartwright Early Copy Share Image
Just before the opening of the 20th century, the Collyer brothers, Homer and Langley, are born into great privilege on the Upper… — Justin Cartwright Born Copy Share Image
A good novel is something that challenges perception, that allows you to see the world anew through a different point of view… — Justin Cartwright Books Copy Share Image
In his later years, Ramakrishna took up residence at the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, from where his radiance extended far, even beyond his… — Justin Cartwright Beyond 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 Fantasy Copy Share Image
Transport is not a ministry the ambitious should accept: no transport minister has gone on to be prime minister. — Justin Cartwright Accept Copy Share Image
As I read 'The Infinities', with its magical, playful richness, its sensuous delight in the power of language to convey the strangeness… — Justin Cartwright Beauty 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
