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Ken Follet Quotes

Ken Follet quotes

Welsh Author, Writer June 5, 1949

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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! Ken Follet
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. Ken Follet
Ken Follet quote: "But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best..."
But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to us. Ken Follet
Ken Follet quote: "Proportion is the heart of beauty."
Proportion is the heart of beauty. Ken Follet
He believed in Communism the way most people believed in God: he would not be greatly surprised or disappointed if he turned out to be wrong, and meanwhile it made little difference to the way he lived. Ken Follet
Ken Follet quote: "Hunger is the best seasoning."
Hunger is the best seasoning. Ken Follet
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. Ken Follet
Mam kissed Ethel and said: “I'm glad to see you settled at last, anyway,” That word ANYWAY carried a lot of baggage, Ethel thought. It meant: “Congratulations, even though you're a fallen woman, and you've got an illegitmate child whose father no one knows, and you're marrying a Jew, and living in London, which is the same as Sodom and Gomorrah.” But Ethel accepted Mam's qualified blessing and vowed never to say such things to her own child. Ken Follet
Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back. Ken Follet
A wine cellar requires order, forethought and good taste,’ the old man used to say. ‘These are the virtues that made Britain great. Ken Follet
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. Ken Follet
Why was it, Lloyd wondered, that the people who wanted to destroy everything good about their country were the quickest to wave the national flag? Ken Follet
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. Ken Follet
Ken Follet quote: "Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the..."
Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative. Ken Follet
Ken Follet quote: "A very good editor is almost a collaborator."
A very good editor is almost a collaborator. Ken Follet

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