Ken Follett Quotes - Page 3

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• For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words.

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  Destiny, Anxiety, Suspense

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• I have quite a few different Bibles. Having rejected my parents' religion, I still think the King James Bible is the most important work of literature in English. None of us can help being influenced by it.

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  Kings, Thinking, Parent

  "Ken Follett: Prolific writer, fan of 19th-century novels". Interview with Amy Sutherland, www.bostonglobe.com. September 23, 2012.

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• I am very fond of Edith Wharton. She's quite high brow but also a great storyteller. My favorite is 'The House of Mirth.' I also like 'The Reef.

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  House, Mirth, My Favorite

  "Ken Follett: Prolific writer, fan of 19th-century novels". Interview by Amy Sutherland, www.bostonglobe.com. September 23, 2012.

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• There is a real connection between Philosopy and fiction.

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  Real, Connections, Fiction

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• I’ve worked with volunteers before,” he began. “It’s important not to… not to treat them like servants. We may feel that they are laboring to obtain a heavenly reward, and should therefore work harder than they would for money; but they don’t necessarily take that attitude. They feel they’re working for nothing, and doing a great kindness to us thereby; and if we seem ungrateful they will work slowly and make mistakes. It will be best to rule them with a light touch.

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  Kindness, Attitude, Mistake

  Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.395, Penguin

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• When you're thinking, please remember this: excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God through excessive humility.

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  Humility, Pride, Men

  Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.127, Penguin

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• What she needs,' Tom said aloud 'is a husband.' Agnes said crisply, 'Well, she can't have mine.

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  Husband, Needs, Said

  Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.39, Penguin

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• I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in a monastery and never met any women, maybe it would be difficult.

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  Writing, Character, Thinking

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• I wanted to be some kind of captain of industry. Then I wanted to be in advertising, and then I wanted to be a newspaper reporter.

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  Captains, Kind, Advertising

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• I imagined it. I wrote it. But I guess I never thought I'd see it.

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• You see, all that I ever held dear has been taken from me," she said in a matter-of-fact tone. "And when you've lost everything-" Her facade began to crumble, and her voice broke, but she made herself carry on. "When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.

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  Taken, Voice, Matter

  Ken Follett (2007). “World Without End”, p.1083, Penguin

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• My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.

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  War, Writing, World

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• Culture clash is terrific drama.

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  Drama, Culture, Clash

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• I enjoy learning technical details.

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  Learning, Details, Enjoy

  Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. December 15, 2000.

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• Most of my stories have some basis in fact.

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  Stories, Facts, Bases

  Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. December 15, 2000.

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• I started writing stories in my spare time.

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  Writing, Stories, Spare Time

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• I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels.

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  Fiction, Century, Novel

  "Ken Follett: Prolific writer, fan of 19th-century novels". Interview by Amy Sutherland, www.bostonglobe.com. September 23, 2012.

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• It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing?

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  Book, German Language, Language

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• I went and looked at one of these great cathedrals one day, and I was blown away by it. From there I became interested in how cathedrals were built, and from there I became interested in the society that built the medieval cathedral. It occurred to me at some point that the story of the building of a cathedral could be a great popular novel.

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  One Day, Stories, Medieval

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• I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.

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  Reading, Writing, Research

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• Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative.

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  Book, Character, Thrillers

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• His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.

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  Glory, Aim, Glory Of God

  Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.128, Penguin

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• It was an odd thing to do, to stand in a street in the hope of seeing someone who hardly knew him, but he did not want to move.

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  Moving, Want, Odd Things

  Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.408, Penguin

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• It was an odd relationship, but then she was an extraordinary woman: a prioress who doubted much of what the church taught; an acclaimed healer who rejected medicine as practised by physicians; and a nun who made enthusiastic love to her man whenever she could get away with it. If I wanted a normal relationship, Merthin told himself, I should have picked a normal girl.

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  Girl, Men, Should Have

  Ken Follett (2011). “Ken Follett EPIC HISTORICAL COLLECTION”, p.2780, Penguin

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• You never know," Jack said speculatively. "There may come a time when savages like William Hamleigh aren't in power; when the laws protect the ordinary people instead of enslaving them; when the king makes peace instead of war. Think of that - a time when towns in England don't need walls!

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  Kings, Wall, War

  Ken Follett (2011). “Ken Follett EPIC HISTORICAL COLLECTION”, p.1204, Penguin

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