305 Quotes by Erik Larson

I pride myself on having a journalistic remove.

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.

There's something so relentless and foul about Hitler and his people, and the way things progressed from year to year. It just got to me in the strangest way.

I was never concretely aware of the extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and in the upper levels of the State Department.

Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany.

I like all kinds of music, though I tend to prefer jazz and classics.

I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts back to myself - kind of like adding a soundtrack to help shape mood.

My job is to ... sort of guide them through the negative and positive energies in their life and erase the barriers and increase the strength so they can accomplish their goals.

Now the city's most treasured landmarks are those that existed before the storm. The city has gone from one that looked forward to one that sees its happiest times in the past.