I Invented The Historical Spy Novel.

You Can't Make Accommodations In Crucial Situations And Be Heroic.

I Write What I Call 'novels Of Consolation' For People Who Are Bright And Sophisticated.

I Grew Up Reading Genre Writers, And To The Degree That Eric Ambler And Graham Greene Are Genre Writers, I'm A Genre Writer.

I'm Basically An Upper West Side Jewish Writer.

Politicians Were Like Talking Dogs In A Circus: The Fact That They Existed Was Uncommonly Interesting, But No Sane Person Would Actually Believe What They Said