• I'm afraid the negative things are always the great subjects. Failure is much more interesting than success.

    Martin Amis: I'm afraid the negative things are always the great subjects. Failure is much more interesting than success.
    "New New Yorker Martin Amis Talks Terrorism, Pornography, Idyllic Brooklyn and American Decline". Interview with David Wallace-Wells, www.vulture.com. July 22, 2012.