Martin Amis

'This Business with the yellows cabs, it surely looks like an unimprovable deal. they're always there when you need one, even in the rain or when the theatres are closing. They pay you up front, no questions asked. They always know where you're going. They're great. No wonder we stand there, for hours on end, waving goodbye, or saluting - saluting this fine service. The streets are full of people with their arms raised, drenched and weary, thanking the yellow cabs. Just the one hitch: they're always taking us places we don't want to go'

Amis, Martin. (1991). Times Arrow. Vintage Books Publications.