As George Costanza would say, when they're applauding, stop..

When I was small and easily wounded books were my carapace. If I were recalled to my hurts in the middle of a book they somehow mattered less. My cor….

What appears is good; what is good appears..

I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the….

You gotta love and learn and learn to live..

Those who love to be feared, fear to be loved. Some fear them, but they fear everyone..

Almost no one sings like Elvis Presley any more..

Happiness? No, it's not there for me..

I knew that a day I took away from the work did not make me too happy..

I like to quote things..

My novels are about the European reality, not about chases. You want chases, get somebody else's books..

I loved working with Mandy Patinkin, I have to say..

To write a book such as Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn is a formidable undertaking. You must accumulate thousands of facts and spare no detail, no matter ho….

More is not better. Better is better!.

I'm a horrible historian. My memory is bad. I read things and then I forget them. I can't understand dates and I can't measure time. Time is confusin….

The future isn't a place that we're going to go, it's a place that you get to create..

I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal.

I have lived a thousand lives lost within the pages of a book..

Thiar ain't no sense In gittin' riled!.

Having experienced everything one time already made it easier the second time around..

Something that cannot be explained cannot be seen..