For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words.
I imagined it. I wrote it. But I guess I never thought I'd see it. - Ken Follett
I imagined it. I wrote it. But I guess I never thought I'd see it.
- Ken Follett
There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you. - Ken Follett
There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.
Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer. - Ken Follett
Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.
The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you. - Ken Follett
The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you.
Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back. - Ken Follett
Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.
In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescu… - Ken Follett
In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescu…
you should first follow the plow if you want to dance the harvest jig. - Ken Follett
you should first follow the plow if you want to dance the harvest jig.
Fear could paralyse. Action was the antidote. - Ken Follett
Fear could paralyse. Action was the antidote.
Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energeti… - Ken Follett
Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energeti…
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