All Ken Follett Quotes
- I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next. Always Want
- It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing? Amazing
- One of the hardest things for me, now that I'm famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique. Critique
- 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… Bible
- The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you, Back Sooner
- The boundary between philosophy and fiction is not as clear cut as you may think and the two definitely interact.. Boundaries
- The research is the easiest. The outline is the most fun. The first draft is the hardest, because every word of the outline has to… Draft
- The CIA's research program is described in a book called The Search for the Manchurian Candidate. Book
- The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century. Century
- After a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great. Certain
- An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit. Awful
- Culture clash is terrific drama. Clash
- 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… Advertising
- Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers. All
- Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative. Been
- To someone standing in the nave, looking down the length of the church toward the east, the round window would seem like a huge sun… Church
- He had been granted his life's wish-but conditionally. Been
- Knotty theological questions are the least worrying of problems to me. Why? Because they will be resolved in the hereafter, and meanwhile they can be… Hereafter
- His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too. Aim
- you should first follow the plow if you want to dance the harvest jig. Dance
- Nevertheless, the book gave Jack a feeling he had never had before, that the past was like a story, in which one thing led to… Book
- The most expensive part of building is the mistakes. Building
- 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… Attitude
- Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly… Believe
- What she needs,' Tom said aloud 'is a husband.' Agnes said crisply, 'Well, she can't have mine. Agnes