I'm Basically An Upper West Side Jewish

Wherever God Has Planted You, You Must Know How To Flower - Translated From A French Saying

I Have A Very Serious Censorship Office Inside My Head; It Censors Things That I Could Tell You That You Would Never Forget, And I Don't Want To Be The Person To Stick That In Your Brain.

I Don't Inflict Horrors On Readers.

It Takes Me Three Months Of Research And Nine Months Of Work To Produce A Book. When I Start Writing, I Do Two Pages A Day; If I'm Gonna Do 320, That's 160 Days.

I Write What I Call 'novels Of Consolation' For People Who Are Bright And Sophisticated.