If you can live in Paris, maybe you should.

I write what I call 'novels of consolation' for people who are bright and sophisticated.

Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended.

I don't really write plots. I use history as the engine that drives everything.

My novels are about the European reality, not about chases. You want chases, get somebody else's books.

Wherever God has planted you, you must know how to flower - translated from a French saying

You can't make accommodations in crucial situations and be heroic.