I'm hugely honored [with the Man Booker Prize].

Don't write about trying to change the world, just write about a changed world or a world that's not changing. Let that do the work.

I'm doing all these interviews with the British press, the Italian press, and others. They all want to talk about this stuff. I don't have a stance; I don't have a go-to thing to say about any of this.

I've written a little bit in Germany.

There are certain things that happen in New York that just don't happen anywhere else.

We don't act the same in every situation. Things bleed into all kinds of other things, from behavior to identity.

Sometimes I would get frustrated, I'd think, "You know, this is a good book, how come no one is paying attention to it?" So it's nice to have some recognition.