Ken Follett
Ken Follett
Kenneth Martin "Ken" Follettis a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 150 million copies of his works. Many of his books have reached number 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, including Edge of Eternity, Fall of Giants, The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, Triple, Winter of the World, and World Without End...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 June 1949
writing character thinking
I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in a monastery and never met any women, maybe it would be difficult.
lying men asking
There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.
ties serious drink
James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.
war drama years
World War II is the greatest drama in human history, the biggest war ever and a true battle of good and evil. I imagine writers will continue to get stories from it, and readers will continue to love them, for many more years.
real character historical
I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't happen, but it might have.
war america eras
There was a very serious communist strain among American intellectuals before the war. America was a more tolerant place in those days, and Communists were not treated as pariahs. That ended with the McCarthy era.
romantic-love most-romantic planes
It was the most romantic plane ever made.
people world trouble
Why did people manufacture trouble when there was already so much of it in the world?
fall falling-for-you heartbeat
I could fall for you in a heartbeat
mistake building expensive
The most expensive part of building is the mistakes.
glory aim glory-of-god
His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.
husband needs said
What she needs,' Tom said aloud 'is a husband.' Agnes said crisply, 'Well, she can't have mine.
fun firsts research
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 be fleshed out. The rewrite is very satisfying.
girl men should-have
It was an odd relationship, but then she was an extraordinary woman: a prioress who doubted much of what the church taught; an acclaimed healer who rejected medicine as practised by physicians; and a nun who made enthusiastic love to her man whenever she could get away with it. If I wanted a normal relationship, Merthin told himself, I should have picked a normal girl.