Jay McInerney

It's the cynics who never get married.

Most of the people I write about have been ambitious outlanders who have been attracted to New York from other parts of the world.

Add anchovies to almost anything, in moderation, and it will taste better.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.