Are snoopers snooping on their own pain? Probably. - Martin Amis

I'd like to be remembered as someone who kept the comic novel going for another generation or so. I fear the comic novel is in retreat. A joke is by definition politically incorrect — it assumes a butt, and a certain superiority in the teller. The culture won't put up with that for much longer.

Dove saremmo Tod e io senza il gabinetto? Dove saremmo senza tutta la spazzatura?

Once, as he inhaled with his customary vehemence, I had a thought that made my armpits come alive.