Erik Larson

It's like being involved in a detective story, looking for that thing that nobody else has found.

— Erik Larson

At some point in the idea process, I simply wear myself down and force myself to choose. But here's the thing: Once…

— Erik Larson

“Once built, the Montauk was so novel, so tall, it defied description by conventional means. No one knows who coined the term,…

— Erik Larson

“No system which implies control by privilege seekers has ever ended in any other way than collapse.”

— Erik Larson

I write to be read. I'm quite direct about that. I'm not writing to thrill colleagues or to impress the professors at…

— Erik Larson

I was born with the devil in me,' [Holmes] wrote. 'I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no…

— Erik Larson

I'm open to writing just about anything. I love writing the books that I write. They do tend to be on dark…

— Erik Larson

One of the things I've always loved is collecting telling little details.

— Erik Larson

“This is the story of Isaac and his time in America, the last turning of the centuries, when the hubris of men…

— Erik Larson

With my research, I really need absolute confirmation of what actually happened, direct physical connections to the past.

— Erik Larson

'The Devil in the White City' - the 'White City' was the nickname for the World's Fair of 1893, the World's Columbian…

— Erik Larson

“It is,” she wrote, “an unfortunate trait in the human character to assail or asperse others engaged in the performance of humanitarian…

— Erik Larson

One question that often comes up is why, in this age of blogs and tweets and instant digital communication of all kinds,…

— Erik Larson

“Kristallnacht, the Nazi pogrom that convulsed Germany and at last drove Roosevelt to issue a public condemnation. He told reporters he “could…

— Erik Larson

Reading Mission to Paris is like sipping a fine Chateau Margaux: Sublime!

— Erik Larson

I'm often associated with parallel narratives or dual narratives. The 'Devil in the White City' was a fluke.

— Erik Larson

“she suppressed a revolt led by the board’s executive secretary that had caused open warfare between factions of elegantly coiffed and dressed…

— Erik Larson

“Galveston was too pretty, too progressive, too prosperous—entirely too hopeful—to be true.”

— Erik Larson

“But I had at least hoped to find some decent people around Hitler. I am horrified to discover that the whole gang…

— Erik Larson

Every time I sit down to reread 'War and Peace' - I've read it three times - I feel as though I've…

— Erik Larson

No one cared what St. Louis thought, although the city got a wink for pluck.

— Erik Larson

I've met many Holocaust survivors who find the era infinitely compelling because they have this deep hunger to understand how it all…

— Erik Larson

The most painstaking phase comes when the manuscript is set in 'type' for the first time and the first proofs of the…

— Erik Larson

A very important part of my workday are the two Nunzillas on my windowsill. They keep me constant company. They're little windup…

— Erik Larson

I do think hubris played a role here as well, the belief that the Lusitania was too big and too fast to…

— Erik Larson