I Read Very Little Contemporary Anything.

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

I Don't Inflict Horrors On Readers.

It Takes Me Three Months Of Research And Nine Months Of Work To Produce A Book. When I Start Writing, I Do Two Pages A Day; If I'm Gonna Do 320, That's 160 Days.

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

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