I think that the mark of a great book is that it will meet you wherever you're at and you'll feel and experience something new and different each time you read it.

To write a story about New York that only deals with people in your age and socioeconomic bracket, that feels dishonest to me. So much of New York comes from everyone bumping into each other.

I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.

I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.

I sometimes don't know what I'm writing when I start writing it, on some level.

Well, I stopped drinking. That was actually a big deal. I didn't go through any harrowing rock-bottom experience. I just made a decision to stop drinking.

My trick is the trick that everyone knows: Work really hard and prepare.