A lot of the ways of advertising a book - the cover, whether somebody sees it on a subway or sees it in a bookstore - those things are going to rapidly diminish as we move to an electronic model.

You are not what you want. You are what wants you back.

I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.

Before my first novel, I was dating a woman who later went to prison for bashing a guy with a hammer.

My first book really did change my life. It allowed me to fully express myself. There was a sense that I was worth something as an artist.

If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.

I have my own dying empire to contend with, and I do not wish for any other.