I was going to be the best failed novelist in Paris. That was certainly not the worst thing in the world that one could be. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes bad fail novelist
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 braincensorcensorship Change image and share on social
The brutalization of humans by other humans never fails to get to me in some angry-making way. It shot up in me like an explosion. Alan Furst angrybrutalizationexplosion Change image and share on social
'The Levanter' features some of the strongest action scenes to be found in Ambler - who can, in some of his fiction, stay in one place for a whole novel. Alan Furst actionamblerfeature Change image and share on social
I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones. Jonathan Tropper 80sactionbad Change image and share on social
People have this idea that the more pious and devout I am, the more successful I am. Which is very dangerous. If you look at faith in that way, you're bound to fail at both - spiritually and in your career. Troy Polamalu bindcareerdangerous share on social
The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it. Pamela Sargent businessconnectdeal share on social