I've always thought of absurdism as a French fad I'd like to belong to.

It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin.

I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could.

I sell well now in Russia. I remember one signing in Russia some years ago where the bookstore had two strongmen to hold the crowds back.

Why in God's name should a God be praised if he is only performing his Godly function?

I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I figure that's part of the territory.

The British audience was very important to me. I have always looked away from American to non-American audiences and so this was important.