I wrote out little mysteries in longhand, and my mother typed them out on an old Remington. Alan Furst longhandmothermystery Change image and share on social
I don't inflict horrors on readers. In my research, I've uncovered truly terrible documentations of cruelty and torture, but I leave that offstage. I always pull back and let the reader imagine the details. We all know to one degree or another the horrors of war. Alan Furst backcrueltydegree share on social
I chose a time in the century which had the greatest moments for novels - the late '30s and World War II. Alan Furst 30scenturychoose Change image and share on social
It takes me three months of research and nine months of work to produce a book. When I start writing, I do two pages a day; if I'm gonna do 320, that's 160 days. Alan Furst bookdaygonna Change image and share on social
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 fightlanguageobsessive Change image and share on social
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 20sbeginentertainment Change image and share on social
The way I work: I pick a country. I learn the political history - I mean I really learn it; I read until it sinks in. Once I read the political history, I can project and find the clandestine history. And then I people it with the characters. Alan Furst characterclandestinecountry share on social
The 1930s was a funny time. People knew they might not live for another six months, so if they were attracted to one another, there was no time to dawdle. Alan Furst 1930sattractdawdle Change image and share on social
We're the roughest people in the way we play and live, and that is because Americans come from people who all got up one morning and went 5,000 miles, and that was a time in the 19th century when it wasn't so easy to do. Alan Furst 00019thamerican share on social
