Quotes by Tibor Fischer

About Tibor Fischer:

Tibor Fischer is a British novelist and short story writer. In 1993, he was selected by the influential literary magazine Granta as one of the 20 best young British writers and Under the Frog became the first debut novel to feature on a Booker Prize shortlist.
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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.

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Some years ago, I fired my agent, Andrew Wylie, alias The Jackal. I want to stress this wasn't an amicable parting of the ways or a hankering on my part for fresh representation. I fired him because his agency wasn't doing enough for me.

Tibor Fischer

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

Tibor Fischer

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

Tibor Fischer

Outside their country, Hungarian directors have had, from the critics at least, a friendly reception.

Tibor Fischer

When I think of Hungarian films, I think of despair and bleakness, and what's more, despair and bleakness of indefensible duration.

Tibor Fischer

Miami, in many ways, is a quintessentially American city. The juxtaposition of showy wealth with dire pennilessness, the tussle of glitz and decay doesn't come any more marked than here.

Tibor Fischer

You can't really win as a Booker judge. If you choose the obvious names, the unit-shifters, you're accused of being timid and unimaginative; if you choose the unfamous, you're labelled willful and perverse.

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Travelling is difficult, and writers tend to want to stay at home and do their work.

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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 ...

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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.

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameTibor Fischer
  • DescriptionBritish writer
  • BornNovember 15, 1959
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Journalist