Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mareis an English author and former politician. Before becoming an author, Archer was a Member of Parliament, but did not seek re-election after a financial scandal that left him almost bankrupt. Later, after a revival of his fortunes from the royalties of his best-selling novels, he became deputy chairman of the Conservative Partybefore resigning after another scandal, which would lead to the end of his career in elected office. He was made a life...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 April 1940
I find I don't learn a lot while I'm talking
We all make mistakes but one has to move on.
War and Peace maddens me because I didn't write it myself, and worse, I couldn't.
I learnt a lot about myself, I learnt a lot about other people and the problems they have. If I was lucky enough to live to a hundred, how I will feel about two per cent of my life being that way, I don't know.
But I certainly made mistakes, for which I regret, I think most human beings in their lifetime make mistakes, mine ended up in two years prison - two very remarkable years from which I learnt a lot.
I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year.
I do greatly admire Australian artists.
No time like the present
There are defining moments in one's life when you learn about yourself, and you deposit that knowledge in the experience account, so you can draw on it at some later date.
At the end of my trial, I was rather hoping the judge would send me to Australia for the rest of my life.
Well I certainly have learned and I hope I'm moving on and certainly two years of prison was a terrible punishment.
I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.
I've loved art for more than 30 years.
A work of art is worth what someone will pay for it.