My novels are about the European reality, not about chases. You want chases, get somebody else's books.
You can't make accommodations in crucial situations and be heroic.
Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them.
I'm basically an Upper West Side Jewish writer.
I write what I call 'novels of consolation' for people who are bright and sophisticated.
The best Paris I know now is in my head.