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
character writing thinking
When I'm writing a woman character, I don't think, 'What would a woman do?' I just think, 'What would this character do in this situation?
writing cutting long
We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic summary.
bedtime thrillers
Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers.
kings wall war
You never know," Jack said speculatively. "There may come a time when savages like William Hamleigh aren't in power; when the laws protect the ordinary people instead of enslaving them; when the king makes peace instead of war. Think of that - a time when towns in England don't need walls!
ruthlessness weakness defeated
In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.
worry problem theological
Knotty theological questions are the least worrying of problems to me. Why? Because they will be resolved in the hereafter, and meanwhile they can be safely shelved.
wish granted
He had been granted his life's wish-but conditionally.
color church east
To someone standing in the nave, looking down the length of the church toward the east, the round window would seem like a huge sun exploding into innumerable shards of gorgeous color.
book character thrillers
Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative.
captains kind advertising
I wanted to be some kind of captain of industry. Then I wanted to be in advertising, and then I wanted to be a newspaper reporter.
moving want odd-things
It was an odd thing to do, to stand in a street in the hope of seeing someone who hardly knew him, but he did not want to move.
drama culture clash
Culture clash is terrific drama.
fear writing credit
An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit.
editors people certain
After a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great.