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

Add anchovies to almost anything, in moderation, and it will taste better.

Mine is not an autonomous imagination.

Reading a novel is just a much more involving and intimate experience than the act of watching a film. I mean, you literally get inside of a novelist's head, and you invest many hours to do so.

Sometimes I think the difference between what we want and what we're afraid of is about the width of an eyelash.

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

Great minds sink alike, right?