I Read Very Little Contemporary

I Don't Really Write Plots. I Use History As The Engine That Drives Everything.

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.

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

I Have A Very Serious Censorship Office Inside My Head; It Censors Things That I Could Tell You That You Would Never Forget, And I Don't Want To Be The Person To Stick That In Your Brain.

The Best Paris I Know Now Is In My Head.