New York City has fantastic restaurants and, unlike London, a lot of the best restaurants are relatively cheap.

I always consider every place worth exploring once- just in case there's a thirty foot flaming sign divulging the secret of life, that no one has told me about.

You've got to try everything once, except those things you don't like, or that involve a lot of effort and getting up early.

Stay cool, and wait for opportunity.

Few pleasures are greater than knowing you can close your door, ignore the world and create your own.

It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.

The impossible lives next door to the possible; people ring its door bell by accident all the time.

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

The greatest danger of being gifted, is that you may never learn how to make an effort.

Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.

Ultimately, it's about the quality of the writing whatever style you are writing.

A charm invests a faceImperfectly beheld, —The lady dare not lift her veilFor fear it be dispelled.But peers beyond her mesh, And wishes, and denies, —Lest interview annul a wantThat image satisfies.

Nothing is more important than you, so don't fear or feel stress, whatever you do.

I find that the best way to do things is to constantly move forward and to never doubt anything and keep moving forward, if you make a mistake say you made a mistake.

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

If you’re at zero backlog, it’s a whole lot easier to change priorities.

Bleeding isn't optional for most of us.

My girlfriend said, Just buy me something crazy and expensive, something I don't even need! So, I signed her up for radiation treatment.

New York was big enough and wide enough that it allowed for reasonably eccentric people like me to thrive. It was a perfect place for me.

When workmen strive to do better than well, they do confound their skill in covetousness.

Don't lie to me. Don't deceive me. Give me the truth. Even if it breaks me. A painful truth is better than a pleasant lie.