I use a professional researcher in New York who does all the legwork, all that stuff which would take me days and weeks of calling, waiting for people to call back.

I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.

What news? There's nothing to tell. I'm a nun.

I use a professional researcher in New York who does all the legwork, all that stuff which would take me days and weeks of calling, waiting for people to call back.

I imagined it. I wrote it. But I guess I never thought I'd see it.

But desperate people find courage.

There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.