In My Books You Have To Concentrate,

He Knows That After Him Everything Will Continue On Much As Before, Except That There Will Be A Minuscule Absence, A Barely Detective Gap In The So-called Grand Scheme, One Unit Fewer Now. Or Not Even That, Not Even An Empty Space Where He Once Was, For All Will Rush Immediately To Fill That Vacuum. Pft. Gone. Recollections Of Him Will Remain In The Minds Of Others For A While, But Presently Those Others Too Will Die And His Few Relics With Them. And Then All Will Be Dark.

The First Thought That Occurred To Me, That Night When I Heard The Chairman Of The Jury Announce My Name, Was, Just Think How Many People Hate Me At This Moment. Naturally, I Wanted To Annoy Those People Even Further By Being Arrogant.

It's Great People Still Care About Books, And It's Great You Can Still Fashion A Life From Literature.

I've Always Been Fascinated By Physics And Cosmology. It Gets More And More Scary The Older You Get.

The Booker Prize Is A Big, Popular Prize For Big, Popular Books, And That's The Way It Should Be.