Alan Furst Quotes

I figured I would always be a candidate for man of the year in the virtue-is-its-own-reward category. What that did was force me to concentrate on the work.

~ Alan Furst

Always Candidate Category Concentrate Did Figured Force Man Me Work Would Year

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I grew up reading genre writers, and to the degree that Eric Ambler and Graham Greene are genre writers, I'm a genre writer.

~ Alan Furst

Degree Eric Genre Graham Graham Greene Grew Reading Up Writer Writers

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I had a publishing history of murder mysteries.

~ Alan Furst

Had History Mysteries Publishing

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I had the experience of a monk copying documents, applying myself assiduously to my work. And I thought whatever happened, happened - this is just what I do in my life.

~ Alan Furst

Applying Copying Documents Experience Had Happened Just Life Monk My Life Myself Thought Whatever Work

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I have a very serious censorship office inside my head; it censors things that I could tell you that you would never forget, and I don't want to be the person to stick that in your brain.

~ Alan Furst

Brain Censorship Could Forget Head Inside Never Never Forget Office Person Serious Stick Tell Things Very Want Would You Your

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I invented the historical spy novel.

~ Alan Furst

Historical Invented Novel Spy

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I just became what I call an 'anti-fascist novelist.' There is no word that covers both the fascists and the Communists, which mean different things to people, but of course they're the same: they're tyranny states.

~ Alan Furst

Became Both Call Communists Course Covers Different Different Things Just Mean Novelist People Same States Things Tyranny Which Word

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I knew I was a writer; I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't know what to write.

~ Alan Furst

Knew Know Wanted Write Writer

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I like to say I sit alone in my room, and I fight the language. I am wildly obsessive. I can't let something go if I think it's wrong.

~ Alan Furst

Alone Am Fight Go I Am I Think Language Like Obsessive Room Say Sit Something Think Wildly Wrong

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I look for the dark story, where something secret was done. I read and read and pick up the trail of a true story. I use nothing but true stories. They are so much better than phony ones.

~ Alan Furst

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I love Paris for the million reasons that everybody loves the city. It's an incredibly romantic and beautiful place.

~ Alan Furst

Beautiful Beautiful Place City Everybody I Love Incredibly Love Loves Million Paris Place Reasons Romantic

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I love the combination of the words 'spies' and 'Balkans.' It's like meat and potatoes.

~ Alan Furst

Balkans Combination I Love Like Love Meat Potatoes Spies Words

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I love the gray areas, but I like the gray areas as considered by bright, educated, courageous people.

~ Alan Furst

Area Bright Considered Courageous Educated Gray I Love Like Love People

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I never got any training in how to write novels as an English major at Oberlin, but I got some great training for writing novels from anthropology and from Margaret Mead.

~ Alan Furst

Anthropology Any English English Major Got Great How Major Margaret Never Novels Some Training Write Writing

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I never wanted to be a Cold War novelist.

~ Alan Furst

Cold Cold War Never Novelist Wanted War

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I read very little contemporary anything.

~ Alan Furst

Anything Contemporary Little Read Very

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I read very little contemporary anything... I don't think I read what other people read, but then why would I, considering what I do?

~ Alan Furst

Anything Considering Contemporary Little Other People Read Then Think Very Why Would

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I spend my life writing fiction, so reading fiction isn't much of an escape. That's not always true, but I don't read much contemporary fiction.

~ Alan Furst

Always Contemporary Escape Fiction Life Much My Life Read Reading Spend True Writing

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I started out when I was 29 - too young to write novels. I was broke. I was on unemployment insurance. I was supposed to be writing a Ph.D. dissertation, so I had a typewriter and a lot of paper.

~ Alan Furst

Broke Dissertation Had Insurance Lot Novels Out Paper Started Supposed Too Typewriter Unemployment Write Writing Young

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I started writing in my 20s. I just wanted to write, but I didn't have anything to write about, so in the beginning, I wrote entertainments - mainly murder mysteries.

~ Alan Furst

About Anything Beginning In The Beginning Just Mainly Mysteries Started Wanted Write Writing Wrote

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