One Is What One Has The Nerve

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

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

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.

I Don't Inflict Horrors On Readers.

I Grew Up Reading Genre Writers, And To The Degree That Eric Ambler And Graham Greene Are Genre Writers, I'm A Genre Writer.