That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment

Dusk was falling quickly. It was just after 7 P.M., and the month was October.

I have no television - I hate it.

I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Italian.

I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.

The conversation seemed just as boring and forgettable as details of American history around 1805, for example.

The justice I have received, I shall give back.