I've Always Essentially Been A New Yorker.

The Short Story, I Should Point Out, Is Perforce A Labor Of Love In Today's Literary World; There's Precious Little Economic Incentive To Write One.

Every Year There's A Few More Things I'm Not Sure Of. I've Decided That A Wide-ranging Uncertainty Is The Mark Of The True Maturity Of Man.

I Wouldn't Presume To Define Noir - If We Could Define It, We Wouldn't Need To Use A French Word For It - But It Seems To Me It's More A Way Of Looking At The World Than What One Sees.

If You Cannot Stand A Spoon Upright In The Cup, Then The Coffee Is Too Weak.

I Never Know What I'm Going To Write Next, And When I Think I Do I Usually Turn Out To Be Mistaken.