In the 1930s, there were so many different conflicts going on between the British, the French, the Russians, the Germans, the Spaniards, the Romanians and so on. Alan Furst 1930sbritishconflict 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
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
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 candidatecategoryconcentrate Change image and share on social
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 applyassiduouslycopy Change image and share on social
For me, Anthony Powell is a religion. I read 'A Dance to the Music of Time' every few years. Alan Furst anthonydancemusic Change image and share on social
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 anthropologyenglishgreat Change image and share on social
I expect that my readers have been to Europe, I expect them to have some feeling for a foreign language, I expect them to have read books - there are a lot of people like that! That's my audience. Alan Furst audiencebookeurope Change image and share on social
The only way you can handle big kinds of questions is to simply state briefly what the truth was. What am I going to tell you about the Holocaust? Would you like three pages about it? I don't think you would... I don't think anything different than you think - it was horrible. Alan Furst bigbrieflyhandle share on social
