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

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.

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

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

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

You can't really win as a Booker judge. If you choose the obvious names, the unit-shifters, you're accused of being timid and unimaginative; if you choose the unfamous, you're labelled willful and perverse.