As always on this boulevard, the faces were young, coming annually in an endless migration from every country, every continent, to alight here once in the long journey of their lives.

When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal person. There are always two figures that work inside you.

In fact, one thing that I have noticed. . . is that all of these conspiracy theories depend on the perpetrators being endlessly clever. I think you'll find the facts also work if you assume everyone is endlessly stupid.

Research is usually a policeman stopping a novel from progressing.

If misery loves company, then triumph demands an audience.