This Is A Fallen World.

I Was Extraordinarily Lucky. I Wrote A Book Because I Wanted To See If I Could Write A Mystery. Someone Nagged Me Into Sending It To A Contest, Which It Won, After Which I Was Offered A Two-book Contract, Thus Requiring The Writing Of A Second Book.

I Do Not Take Any Pleasure Whatsoever In Being A Famous Person.

I Never Wanted To Be Rich Or Successful Or Famous. I Just Wanted To Be Happy And Have Fun.

Venetians Feel Affection And Loyalty To Their City, Rather Than To The Italian State.

I Just Go To Lunch. And I Never Know When Something Is Going Into The File And Something Is Not.