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" As suburbs go, Bromley's not bad. But as David Bowie and Hanif Kureishi have observed, you do want to get out of there quickly. "

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" It's what the reader thinks that counts. "

" As an author, I realise, you're on your own. You have to do everything you can to help The Book. If I make sure people know it's out there, they can make up their own minds whether they want to read it. "

" The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are, to being published no matter how bad you are. "

" I never could get a proper job. "

" When I think of Hungarian films, I think of despair and bleakness, and what's more, despair and bleakness of indefensible duration. "

" Usually, when you make a decision in life, unless you have access to parallel universes, you can't truly judge how right that decision was. "

" Outside their country, Hungarian directors have had, from the critics at least, a friendly reception. "

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

" Travelling is difficult, and writers tend to want to stay at home and do their work. "

" 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. "

" I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort. "

" You don't really have to go anywhere in particular in New York City to have a good time. In every part of town, there's always something going on. It helps to know people there, too, because everything changes so fast, and they will be able to point out what's hot this month. "

" Most Hungarians know what it was to live in a dictatorship; some are old enough to have known both fascism and communism. No one wants to go back to that. "

" A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues. "

" One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so I like to make things interesting for myself. "

" Because my name is Hungarian, everyone assumed I knew about Hungary. I didn't. They also assumed that if you knew about Hungary, you also knew about the rest of Eastern Europe. "

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

" Some years ago, I fired my agent, Andrew Wylie, alias The Jackal. I want to stress this wasn't an amicable parting of the ways or a hankering on my part for fresh representation. I fired him because his agency wasn't doing enough for me. "

" There's prejudice and poverty in Hungary as there is in every country. "

" Miami, in many ways, is a quintessentially American city. The juxtaposition of showy wealth with dire pennilessness, the tussle of glitz and decay doesn't come any more marked than here. "

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

" No one wants a masterpiece knocking around when your own book is looking for attention. "

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