We Are Creatures Of Story.

I Enjoy Research; In Fact Research Is So Engaging That It Would Be Easy To Go On For Years, And Never Write The Novel At All.

A Novel, In The End, Is A Container, A Shape Which You Are Trying To Pour Your Story Into.

We Are Creatures Of Story.

I Concentrate On The Lives Of Individuals Whom The Reader Comes To Know And Feel With Intimately.

I Didn't Choose Russia But Russia Chose Me. I Had Been Fascinated From An Early Age By The Culture, The Language, The Literature And The History To The Place.