From his Q & A with Noah Charney at The Daily Beast:
Describe your routine when conceiving of a book and its plot, before the writing begins.Avi Steinberg, a former prison librarian, thought Lindsay Lohan should read Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story in jail.
I’ll read something by a better writer, and I’ll be, like, “Hmm, what if I made this, you know, more Russian?”
Do you have any unusual rituals when you write?
I write in bed while blasting Crystal Castles into my eardrums. Sad.
You have been described as a “hot ticket” for New York dinner parties. What makes for a great dinner party? Any memorable stories from the Republic of Dinnerpartyville?
I’m more of a Gentleman Farmer these days. But when I drank, boy did I drink. The Carabinieri had to remove me from a rooftop party in Rome once. No, twice.
Readers often wonder how much of a “clique” the New York writers’ world is. Within any given genre, are writers all hanging out together, saying brilliant things over elaborate coffees?
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