No one wants a masterpiece knocking around when your own book is looking for attention.

I never could get a proper job.

New York City has fantastic restaurants and, unlike London, a lot of the best restaurants are relatively cheap.

Ultimately, it's about the quality of the writing whatever style you are writing.

Few pleasures are greater than knowing you can close your door, ignore the world and create your own.

One of my proudest achievements is that when an authoritative book about Hungarian literature came out about a decade ago, there was a little article about me which said I was a Hungarian writer but pretending not to be. Bearing in mind I can hardly write a cheque in Hungarian, I was delighted to be included in the pantheon of Hungarian writers.

Stay cool, and wait for opportunity.