Bernard Cornwell Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• Only a fool wants war, but once a war starts then it cannot be fought half-heartedly. It cannot even be fought with regret, but must be waged with a savage joy in defeating the enemy, and it is that savage joy that inspires our bards to write their greatest songs about love and war.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Love, Song, Regret

  Bernard Cornwell (1999). “Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur”, p.199, Macmillan

• Writing is a solitary occupation.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Writing, Occupation, Solitary

  "An Interview with Cape Cod Author Bernard Cornwell". Interview with Christopher Seufert, ezinearticles.com. February 27, 2006.

• The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Kings, Queens, Writing

  Bernard Cornwell (1997). “The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur”, p.242, Macmillan

• What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Inspirational, Funny, Ocean

• Then you start another book and suddenly the galley proofs of the last one come in and you have to wrench your attention away from what you're writing and try to remember what you were thinking when you wrote the previous one.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Book, Writing, Thinking

• And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Team, Book, Writing

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Writing, Thinking, Careers

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