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The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person.

I'm half Jewish, but no one believes me because my looks lean a little WASP-y... It's sometimes hard for me to get the roles I'm drawn to.

Of course I consider myself a Jewish writer - I am one! All of the protagonists in my five books have been Jewish, and I wouldn't be surprised if all my future main characters were as well.

I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.

Judaism is interesting in that there is something there that I think you just can't understand if you're not a Jew - it moves into a realm of true mystery.

I'm a Jewish born-again Christian.

Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know of, and use them to embellish and define characters.

I'm basically an Upper West Side Jewish writer.

Well, I think in my first two novels, both the characters are pretty neurotic, which I would say that I am.