The World Motivation
Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended.
“Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended.”
— Alan Furst · Beating
Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended.
I love the combination of the words 'spies' and 'Balkans.' It's like meat and potatoes.
I never wanted to be a Cold War novelist.
I spend my life writing fiction, so reading fiction isn't much of an escape. That's not always true, but I don't read much contemporary fiction.
I am a historian. I do a lot of research, and I try to get it right.
When I was a kid, I was more interested in beating up boys on the playground than practicing music.
They put me in solitary confinement, and although I went on to do 8,755 days of solitary in total, the first two were the hardest. I almost went mad, beating my head against the wall.
Beating an incumbent president isn't easy. The majority do win reelection when they run.
People won't give me the credit for beating the guys I've beaten.
Because of Valentina's career in MMA and the way she beats her opponents, beating her will be even more important than when I won the strawweight belt.