I Don't Laugh That Much, But I

I Don't Really Recognise Success. I Don't See Myself As On An Upwardly Mobile Trajectory. I See Myself As On The Edge Of A Cliff About To Fall Off.

Even When I Was Living Below The Poverty Line As A Novelist, I Was Still Living Better Than 99.5% Of The Human Population Of The World. But In My Little, Soft Realm Of Trying To Amuse A Few Dozen Middle-class People With My Books And Articles, I Did Struggle To Survive In My Own Way.

To Write About A Place, You Have To Live There.

I Am Always The Source Of The Worst Rumors About Myself.

I Don't Like To Publicly Acknowledge Being A Jew.