Tibor Fischer Quotes

• I always consider every place worth exploring once- just in case there's a thirty foot flaming sign divulging the secret of life, that no one has told me about.

  Tibor Fischer

  Feet, Secret, Thirty

  Tibor Fischer (1997). “The Thought Gang”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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• The impossible lives next door to the possible; people ring its door bell by accident all the time.

  Tibor Fischer

  Doors, People, Bells

  Tibor Fischer (1997). “The Thought Gang”, p.226, Simon and Schuster

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• Stay cool, and wait for opportunity.

  Tibor Fischer

  Opportunity, Waiting, Stay Cool

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• Few pleasures are greater than knowing you can close your door, ignore the world and create your own.

  Tibor Fischer

  Doors, Knowing, World

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• You've got to try everything once, except those things you don't like, or that involve a lot of effort and getting up early.

  Tibor Fischer

  Up Early, Effort, Trying

  "The Thought Gang". Book by Tibor Fischer, 1994.

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• Once you've been backstage at a theater, the theater is never the same for you. Once you've noticed the crack in the vase, the vase is never the same for. Once you've seen a friend do something appalling, the friendship is never the same. That does not mean you won't go to the theater, or keep the vase or the friend. You can choose.

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  Mean, Doe, Cracks

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• As an author, I realise, you're on your own. You have to do everything you can to help The Book. If I make sure people know it's out there, they can make up their own minds whether they want to read it.

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  Book, People, Mind

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• Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

  Tibor Fischer

  Book, Criticism, Bother

  "Better than Amis?" by Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2003.

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• The greatest danger of being gifted, is that you may never learn how to make an effort.

  Tibor Fischer

  Effort, May, Danger

  Tibor Fischer (1997). “The Thought Gang”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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• Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.

  Tibor Fischer

  Book, Reviews, Wells

  "Better than Amis?" by Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2003.

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• Ultimately, it's about the quality of the writing whatever style you are writing.

  Tibor Fischer

  Writing, Style, Quality

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• I don't take much notice of reviews now - obviously you'd like to have straight worship but you're never going to get that.

  Tibor Fischer

  Worship, Reviews

  "Better than Amis?" by Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2003.

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• It's what the reader thinks that counts.

  Tibor Fischer

  Thinking, Reader

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• I never could get a proper job.

  Tibor Fischer

  Jobs

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• The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are, to being published no matter how bad you are.

  Tibor Fischer

  Matter, Way, British

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• No amount of intelligence can save you from stupidity.

  Tibor Fischer

  Stupidity, Amount

  Tibor Fischer (1997). “The Thought Gang”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

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• New York City has fantastic restaurants and, unlike London, a lot of the best restaurants are relatively cheap.

  Tibor Fischer

  New York, Cities, London

  "I lost my heart in ... New York". Interview With Tim Wapshott, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2003.

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• Like most men, I'm a life support system for a phallus.

  Tibor Fischer

  Men, Support Systems, Support

  Tibor Fischer (1997). “The Thought Gang”, p.166, Simon and Schuster

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• A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.

  Tibor Fischer

  Issues, Political, Roles

  "Parallel Stories by Peter Nádas - review" by Tibor Fischer, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2011.

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• No one wants a masterpiece knocking around when your own book is looking for attention.

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  Book, Attention, Want

  "Better than Amis?". Interview with Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2003.

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• Miami, in many ways, is a quintessentially American city. The juxtaposition of showy wealth with dire pennilessness, the tussle of glitz and decay doesnt come any more marked than here.

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  Cities, Decay, Way

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• Opening the fridge door, I found a rat eating the cheese. My dealings with rodents, particularly those tagged verminous, have been few, but generally the pattern has been one of man, the boss, the caretaker of creation, the namer, appearing and the lower orders hitting the road.

  Tibor Fischer

  Men, Doors, Order

  Tibor Fischer (1997). “The Thought Gang”, p.63, Simon and Schuster

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• It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.

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  Senior, Strong, Laughter

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• One of my proudest achievements is that when an authoritative book about Hungarian literature came out about a decade ago, there was a little article about me which said I was a Hungarian writer but pretending not to be. Bearing in mind I can hardly write a cheque in Hungarian, I was delighted to be included in the pantheon of Hungarian writers.

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  Book, Writing, Achievement

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• As suburbs go, Bromley's not bad. But as David Bowie and Hanif Kureishi have observed, you do want to get out of there quickly.

  Tibor Fischer

  Want, Bowie, Suburbs

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