“And people would believe it, thought Hartmann, because people believed what they wanted to believe – that was Goebbels’s great insight. They… — Robert Harris Truth Copy Share Image
In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality… — Robert Harris Blair Copy Share Image
I can't get very excited about the House of Commons these days because I don't feel the power is there. What is… — Robert Harris About Copy Share Image
“Surely the greatest mercy granted us by Providence is our ignorance of the future. Imagine if we knew the outcome of our… — Robert Harris Ancient rome Copy Share Image
“The most important thing in any endeavour is to get involved in the fight, and in that way learn what to do… — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
To tell a good story and to illuminate the world: the two things are completely linked. That is the point. That is… — Robert Harris Always Copy Share Image
[Boxer is] the ultimate tool for the serious pro' that can't afford the time and patience to mess around with lesser products. — Robert Harris Boxers Copy Share Image
If you go back, 'The Great Gatsby' would be a portrait of the rich and fortune made by business. — Robert Harris Business Copy Share Image
But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a… — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
What a heap of ash most political careers amount to, when one really stops to consider them! — Robert Harris Ashes Copy Share Image
Writing a novel - unlike operating a piece of heavy machinery, say, or cooking a chicken - is not a skill that… — Robert Harris Again Copy Share Image
The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that. — Robert Harris Currency Copy Share Image
“Suddenly his face twisted into a sneer. ‘Oh, I can see what you’re thinking, Hartmann. “What a vulgar fellow! A car salesman!… — Robert Harris Car salesman Copy Share Image
I think it's very, very hard not to go slightly crazy if you're in the top in politics - especially if you're… — Robert Harris Crazy Copy Share Image
I think that whenever a nation feels itself to be at is zenith, it starts to feel a creeping sense of anxiety. — Robert Harris Anxiety Copy Share Image
There's nothing more interesting than the details of someone's life. — Robert Harris Details Copy Share Image
“But it is one of the tricks of the successful politician to be able to hold many things in mind at once… — Robert Harris Politics Copy Share Image
“The foundations of Empire are often occasions of woe; their dismemberment, always.” — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
“Jericho lowered himself carefully to his knees. He covered his eyes and moved his lips like all the others, but he had… — Robert Harris Christian Copy Share Image
Of all human activities, writing is the one for which it is easiest to find excuses not to begin – the desk’s… — Robert Harris Bigs Copy Share Image
Don't try to write too much in a single session. One thousand words a day is quite enough. Stop after about four… — Robert Harris Day Copy Share Image