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Ken Follett has 83 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• It was the most romantic plane ever made.
• Hard work should be rewarded by good food.
• There was a very serious communist strain among American intellectuals before the war. America was a more tolerant place in those days,…
• I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in…
• There is a real connection between Philosopy and fiction.
• There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to…
• Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.
• A very good editor is almost a collaborator.
• For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for…
• I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't…
• I use a professional researcher in New York who does all the legwork, all that stuff which would take me days and…
• I enjoy learning technical details.

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