“Remember as a child how mommy’s concern made you feel valued? We all need to be valued and attended to, even when… — Robert Harris Child Copy Share Image
“I read a lot of bad books- books so bad that they aren't even published,which is quite a feat, when you consider… — Robert Harris Books 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 Boxer Copy Share Image
Within reason, I can write what I like and spend as long doing it as is necessary. That is a luxury beyond… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“There are no lasting victories in politics, there is only the remorseless grinding forward of events.” — Robert Harris Politics Copy Share Image
This was the problem with drinks parties: getting stuck with a person you didn't want to talk to while someone you did… — Robert Harris Parties Copy Share Image
Egyptologists, skilled in piecing together the papyri of lost civilisations, suddenly discovered that the same talent could be applied to working out… — Robert Harris British history Copy Share Image
“Brave words. Easy to write when one was young and death was still skulking over a distant hill somewhere... - Pg. 82” — Robert Harris Bravery Copy Share Image
I am sure future historians will say the biggest and most astonishing change in politics has been the embracing of all the… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“Then came a volley of colorful abuse, delivered in such an imperious voice, at at such a volume, that Terentia's distant ancestor,… — Robert Harris Hannibal Copy Share Image
In a generation or two, or maybe sooner, young golfers of true sporting instinct will wonder why all this handling of the… — Robert Harris 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 Copy Share Image
“like interviewing a new cleaner. Do you want someone who can give you the history of cleaning and the theory of cleaning,… — Robert Harris History Copy Share Image
“She had the resigned indifference of extreme old age. Buildings and empires rose and fell. It snowed. It stopped snowing. People came… — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
I like to take people you wouldn't really think people would write novels about: an aqueduct engineer, a code-breaker, a hedge-fund manager.… — Robert Harris 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
“History wasn't made without taking risks, that much he knew. So maybe sometimes you had to take risks to write it, too?” — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
“He glanced around the reading room and closed his eyes, trying to keep hold of the past for a minute longer, a… — Robert Harris Archangel Copy Share Image
I think a lot of us feel, when we look at the Dow Jones plunging, alienated - you do feel as if… — Robert Harris Alien Copy Share Image
I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning… — Robert Harris Best things 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
Having the urge to write a novel, especially if you've yet to be published, is like having a medical condition impossible to… — Robert Harris Books Copy Share Image
For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“He was unable to get it out of his mind. Was it really possible that he had spent the past thirty years… — Robert Harris Accusation Copy Share Image