I'm Basically An Upper West Side Jewish

I Expect That My Readers Have Been To Europe, I Expect Them To Have Some Feeling For A Foreign Language, I Expect Them To Have Read Books - There Are A Lot Of People Like That! That's My Audience.

Politicians Were Like Talking Dogs In A Circus: The Fact That They Existed Was Uncommonly Interesting, But No Sane Person Would Actually Believe What They Said

If You're A Writer, You're Always Working.

Once You Have Your Characters, They Tell You What To Write, You Don't Tell Them.

I Read Very Little Contemporary Anything.