The printing presses of the state treasuries cranked out reams of paper currency.
ALAN FURSTAnd, with much of Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, and Mussolini’s armies in Albania.
More Alan Furst Quotes
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My novels are about the European reality, not about chases. You want chases, get somebody else’s books.
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I read very little contemporary anything.
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I don’t really write plots. I use history as the engine that drives everything.
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It takes me three months of research and nine months of work to produce a book.
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You can’t make accommodations in crucial situations and be heroic.
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Good people want to spend their time mowing the lawn and playing with the dog. But bad people spend all their time being bad. It is all they think about.
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the fact that they existed was uncommonly interesting, but no sane person would actually believe what they said
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When I start writing, I do two pages a day; if I’m gonna do 320, that’s 160 days.
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Politicians were like talking dogs in a circus.
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Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don’t tell them.
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Showing wise kinds and blissful martyrs- while bankers wept and peasants starved.
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If you’re a writer, you’re always working.
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You write a lot of books; you hope you get better.
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And, with much of Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, and Mussolini’s armies in Albania.
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On the Greek frontier, one wasn’t sure what came next. So, don’t trust the telephone. Or the newspapers. Or the radio. Or tomorrow.
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