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Alan Furst Quotes

You have to have heart's passion to write a novel.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: February 20, 1941

Topics

Passion Heart You Write Novel

My answer to a lot of things is to go to work. That's not everybody's answer.

Work Go Things Answer Everybody Lot

Few comedians can go to their shows and have people yell out bits that they want to hear. It's like going to see your favorite band and yelling out your favorite songs and to say the words along with them.

Anjelah Johnson

Words People Go Say Want See

I think I was affected quite a bit by musical and creative influences that go all the way back to my childhood.

Jeffrey Osborne

Childhood Creative Think Back Go

I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you're behind a guitar, you get used to being behind a guitar, and you don't really perform because you can't. I wanted to be able to just hold on to the mike and sing.

Guitar You Down Hold Big Used

One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.

Life Mistakes Moving On Mistake

If I spent my career responding to critics, I'd never be where I'm at right now.

Career Now Never Right Critics

I remember my first night in L.A. I was sitting outside, looking out at the city and thinking, 'I don't know anyone.' I just approached it as a big adventure. I still think of it that way.

Adventure City Night Looking Think

Once I went through therapy, it completely changed my life.

Life My Life Therapy Through Changed

When you don't win anything, at the end of the day, you cannot say it is a good season.

Good Day Win End Of The Day End You

I ran into Ben McKenzie a couple of times on the streets of L.A., and we hung out one time, and that's it.

Time Out Streets Ben Hung One Time

Having said that, I believe we must not compound the natural disaster of Katrina by creating a fiscal disaster in Congress - it is our duty to ensure that we reign in other government spending in any event, and especially in this time of national emergency.

Time Government Believe Creating

There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.'

Myself Past Yourself Me Voice You

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