The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship.

- Bernard Cornwell

You know what circumcision is, Private?

- Bernard Cornwell

Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've n…

- Bernard Cornwell

Because there could not be peace, not while two tribes shared one land. One tribe must win. Even the nailed god cannot change that truth. And I was a…

- Bernard Cornwell

Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.

- Bernard Cornwell

We don't build,' I said to my son, 'we just destroy.

- Bernard Cornwell

And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to …

- Bernard Cornwell

There are seasons of our lives when nothing seems to be happening, when no smoke betrays a burned town or homestead and few tears are shed for the ne…

- Bernard Cornwell

I know nothing about producing TV drama and any involvement on my part is liable to prove an obstacle to the producers, so I prefer to be a cheerlead…

- Bernard Cornwell