Books Quote by Justin Cartwright

My own interest in Kafka's letter came about when I was writing an article on Peter Ginz, the boy novelist held in Terezin, not…

— Justin Cartwright

Germany led the world in photography and film: 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari' and 'Metropolis' are works that, to this day, film buffs revere.

— Justin Cartwright

I was lucky to get to Oxford. I am now an honorary fellow of my old college, which is nice, particularly for a colonial…

— Justin Cartwright

The plane approaches Cape Town and, as always, I am astonished by the view of Table Mountain and the surrounding sea. It is so…

— Justin Cartwright

Someone once pointed out that there are quite a lot of animals in my books, and I'm sure that is something to do with…

— Justin Cartwright

It is uncomfortable to be reminded that the Catholic church only removed the reference to 'perfidious Jews' from the Good Friday liturgy in 1960.

— Justin Cartwright

I have worshipped Berlin from the day I read 'Two Concepts of Liberty' in South Africa. It seemed to make it respectable to be…

— Justin Cartwright

So often in English fiction, people are either upper-class twits, or else they're knockabouts, less than human.

— Justin Cartwright

I write from what I take to be the realist's point of view, looking at life as it really is - or the way…

— Justin Cartwright

This Oscar Pistorius business is interesting. There is this cult of carrying lots of guns and being ready to shoot somebody. There were people…

— Justin Cartwright

The fascination with Judas has persisted despite the fact that there is no evidence of the hard facts of his life. Even the 'Iscariot'…

— Justin Cartwright

Nicola Barker is both prodigiously talented and admirably fearless. I have loved her books. But for some time, I had little or no idea…

— Justin Cartwright