Author Profile
Tibor Fischer
1959 • British • Novelist
27
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 27 quotesWhen I think of Hungarian films, I think of despair and bleakness, and what's more, despair and bleakness of indefensible duration.— Tibor Fischer
Outside their country, Hungarian directors have had, from the critics at least, a friendly reception.— Tibor Fischer
A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.— Tibor Fischer
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
No one wants a masterpiece knocking around when your own book is looking for attention.— Tibor Fischer
Usually, when you make a decision in life, unless you have access to parallel universes, you can't truly judge how right that decision was.— Tibor Fischer
Most Hungarians know what it was to live in a dictatorship; some are old enough to have known both fascism and communism. No one wants to go back to that.— Tibor Fischer
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.— Tibor Fischer
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
New York City has fantastic restaurants and, unlike London, a lot of the best restaurants are relatively cheap.— Tibor Fischer
One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so I like to make things interesting for myself.— Tibor Fischer
Travelling is difficult, and writers tend to want to stay at home and do their work.— Tibor Fischer
You don't really have to go anywhere in particular in New York City to have a good time. In every part of town, there's always something going on. It helps to know people there, too, because everything changes so fast, and they will be able to point out what's hot this month.— Tibor Fischer
I went to a British Council event a while back and there were lots of German professors of literature. About half of them were convinced I had a German sense of humour and the other half were sure it was British. They are probably still arguing about it now.— Tibor Fischer
Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.— Tibor Fischer