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Tibor Fischer

Tibor Fischer Books

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Tibor Fischer is a British novelist known for his unique humor and satirical style. His works often focus on themes of immigration and multicultural backgrounds, exploring issues of identity, belonging, and cultural conflict. Born on November 15, 1959, in Hungary, Fischer immigrated to the UK in the late 1970s, and his personal experiences deeply influenced his writing.

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“It's easy to jeer at the thought anthills (too easy). In spite of it all, even a nullifidian like me has seen goodness, bravery, even intelligence. The really decent people I've known, no one else would have heard of; decency seems to bar you from high office and prominence. But they're there. Those who spout concern for others, the welfare 'n' solicitude fiends, are the ones who bully waiters, neglect their children and who pay their gardeners pittances.”

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“The one big drawback to speaking German is that, by in large, you can only speak it with Germans.”

German Language Germans

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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.”

Men Has Beens Order Found Doors Creation Eating Patterns Opening Boss Hitting Cheese Rats Appearing Dealings Fridges Rodents Caretakers Tagged

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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.”

Trying Effort Up Early

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

People Next Impossible Doors Accidents Rings Bells

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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.”

Way Wealth Cities Decay Miami Juxtaposition American Cities Showy Glitz

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

Want Book Attention Masterpiece Knocking

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

Political Social Roles Issues Endure Command Sage Speaking Out Seers Political Issues

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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.”

Way Matter British Publishing

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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.”

Worship Reviews

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“No amount of intelligence can save you from stupidity.”

Amount Stupidity

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“Stay cool, and wait for opportunity.”

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.”

World Pleasure Knowing Greater Doors

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

May Effort Danger Gifted

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“Why is erasing desire seen as so important? If the subjugation of the self is the point of the self what's the point in having a self? It's like someone handing you a leaflet which says throw this leaflet away.”

Ifs Important Self Desire Subjugation

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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.”

Mean Doe Theater Cracks Vases

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“Even those with unspendable fortunes only have one mind, one mouth, two ears, two eyes and one pleasure station. There's only so much fun you can take.”

Mind Two Eye Fun Pleasure Mouths Ears Fortune Stations

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“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.”

Secret Cases Feet Thirty Exploring Secret Life

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

Men Support Support Systems

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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.”

Want Suburbs Bowie

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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.”

Ifs Book Bits Criticism Bother Publishing Marketplace

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“I never could get a proper job.”

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“It's what the reader thinks that counts.”

Thinking Reader

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

Wells Book Written Reviews Reviewers Well Written Book Review

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

Cities New York London Fantastic Restaurants New York City

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

Writing Quality Style

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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.”

People Ifs Knows Want Mind Book Helping Realising

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“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.”

Stills Literature Half Events Humour British Convinced Arguing Professors Council Other Half

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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.”

Ifs Literature Strong Attitude Known Influence Laughter Senior Enjoyable Hungarians

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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.”

Writing Mind Littles Said I Can Book Literature Achievement Decades Pretending Articles Delighted Cheques Hungarians Pantheon

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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 out what's hot this month.”

People Knows Helping Able Cities New York Particular Months Towns Hot Good Times New York City Things Change Having A Good Time

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About the Author

Born: November 15, 1959
Known for: Novelist
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