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
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
I write about the period 1933-42, and I read books written during those years: books by foreign correspondents of the time, histories of the time written contemporaneously or just afterwards, autobiographies and biographies of people who were there, present-day histories of the period, and novels written during those times. Alan Furst autobiographybiographybook share on social
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 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 contemporarypeopleread Change image and share on social
I'm basically an Upper West Side Jewish writer. Alan Furst basicallyjewishside Change image and share on social