All Bernard Cornwell Quotes
- Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations. Book
- I know nothing about producing TV drama and any involvement on my part is liable to prove an obstacle to the producers, so I prefer… Any
- Love is a dangerous thing. It comes in disguise to change our life... Lust is the deceiver. Lust wrenches our lives until nothing matters except… All
- There are seasons of our lives when nothing seems to be happening, when no smoke betrays a burned town or homestead and few tears are… Betray
- 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… Another Book
- I'm fortunate that the books sell, but even more fortunate to live in Chatham, to be very happily married and to have, on the whole,… Book
- I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face. Anyone
- Television is a young person's medium. Medium
- I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the first book had not sold... doesn't bear thinking about, but I suppose we'd have made it… Bear
- 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… All
- Writing is a solitary occupation. Inspirational
- At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career. Beginning
- So far it's 43 books in 25 years. Book
- Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations. Better
- Latin! The language of God! Or perhaps He speaks Hebrew? I suppose that's more likely and it will make things rather awkward in heaven, won't… All
- We don't build,' I said to my son, 'we just destroy. Build
- You know what circumcision is, Private? Circumcision
- We make children and wealth and amass land and build halls and assemble armies and give great feasts, but only one thing survives us. Reputation. Amass
- Because there could not be peace, not while two tribes shared one land. One tribe must win. Even the nailed god cannot change that truth.… Cannot Change
- Research is a lifelong occupation so it's hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish. Book
- You won't regret the men you never killed, but you will regret the women you passed up. Killed
- Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've… Chance
- 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… Achieve
- Life is a jest of the Gods and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh… or else you'll weep yourself to death. Death
- Our ancestors took this land. They took it and made it and held it. We do not give up what our ancestors gave us. They… Across