I've evolved in my writing to tell a more emotional story - my publisher, Random House, has urged that. Alan Furst emotionalevolvehave Change image and share on social
You have to have heart's passion to write a novel. Alan Furst heartpassionwrite Change image and share on social
Anthony Powell taught me to write; he has such brilliant control of the mechanics of the novel. Alan Furst anthonybrilliantcontrol Change image and share on social
I knew I was a writer; I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't know what to write. Alan Furst knowwantwrite Change image and share on social
I don't just want my books to be about the '30s and '40s. I want them to read as if they had been written then. I think of them as '40s novels, written in the conservative narrative past. Alan Furst 30s40sbook Change image and share on social
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 contemporaryescapefiction Change image and share on social
Let me put it this way: I don't plan to retire. What would I do, become a brain surgeon? I mean, a brain surgeon can retire and write novels, but a novelist can't retire and do brain surgery - or at least he better not. Alan Furst brainnovelnovelist share on social
Poland is a wildly dramatic and tragic story. It's just unbelievable what went on with those people. How they survive, I don't really know. The Germans had a particular hatred for the Poles; they really considered them subhuman Slavs, and they were very brutal to them. Alan Furst brutalconsiderdramatic share on social
I am there to entertain. I call my work high escape fiction; it's high, it's good - but it's escape, and I have no delusions about that. I have no ambition to be a serious writer, whatever that means. Alan Furst ambitioncalldelusion Change image and share on social
Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended. Alan Furst beatbegincivilisation Change image and share on social
