Most of the people I write about have been ambitious outlanders who have been attracted to New York from other parts of the world.

I don't think I've left a trail of weeping women in my wake. I mean, the number of serious relationships I've had has not been into double digits.

Something changed. Somewhere along the line you stopped accelerating.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them.

We've been hearing about the death of the novel ever since the day after Don Quixote was published.

The only sensible approach is not to take it too seriously. What counts is the writing.

Sometimes I think everything I touch turns into a Page Six item.