Alan Furst Quotes

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

Work

Quotes to Explore

It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.

Jack Straw
- Up
- Children
- Mother
My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.

Maeve Binchy
- Life
- Home
- Happy
I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.

Lady Gaga
- Diet
- Constantly
- Strict
With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?

Felix Dennis
- People
- Book
- Free
Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.

Gary Busey
- Fear
- Dark
- Devil
NRDC has helped bring hope spots to more of our shared ocean waters. We helped draft and pass a California law creating a network of underwater parks stretching from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.

Frances Beinecke
- Hope
- Law
- Ocean