I'm Not Really A Mass Market Writer.

I'm Basically An Upper West Side Jewish Writer.

If You're A Writer, You're Always Working.

I Don't Just Want My Books To Be About The '30s And '40s. I Want Them To Read As If They Had Been Written Then. I Think Of Them As '40s Novels, Written In The Conservative Narrative Past.

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

I Invented The Historical Spy Novel.