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Ken Follett Biography

Kenneth Martin "Ken" Follett (born 5 June 1949) is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 160 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, A Dangerous Fortune, The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, Triple, Winter of the World, and World Without End.

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The most expensive part of building is the mistakes.

Building, Expensive, Mistake, Mistakes

His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.

Aim, Glory, Glory Of God, God, Philip

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 energetically.

Back, Believe, Energetically, Mean, Sitting

I might not be a good socialist, any more than I'm a good Christian, but I am one.

Christian, Good, Good Christian, Might, Socialist

Fear could paralyse. Action was the antidote.

Action, Antidote, Fear, Paralyse

I use a professional researcher in New York who does all the legwork, all that stuff which would take me days and weeks of calling, waiting for people to call back.

Back, Legwork, New York, People, Waiting, York

After a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great.

Certain, Editors, People, Point

There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.

Asking, Lie, Lying, Man, Men

I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.

Like, Reading, Research, Writing

Ethel said: "Lloyd, there's someone here you may remember-" Daisy could not restrain herself. She ran to Lloyd and threw herself into his arms. She hugged him. She looked into his green eyes, then kissed his brown cheeks and his broken nose and then his mouth. "I love you, Lloyd," she sad madly. "I love you, I love you, I love you. " "I love you, too, Daisy," he said. Behind her, Daisy heard Ethel's wry voice. "You do remember, I see.

Cheeks, Eye, Kissed, Love You, Nose, Voice

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.

America, Among, Era, Eras, Serious, War

One of the hardest things for me, now that I'm famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique.

Critique, Famous, Giving, People, Stuff

Everybody takes what they life from the teachings of the church, and ignores the parts that don't suit them.

Church, Everybody, Parts, Suit, Suits, Teaching

I went and looked at one of these great cathedrals one day, and I was blown away by it. From there I became interested in how cathedrals were built, and from there I became interested in the society that built the medieval cathedral. It occurred to me at some point that the story of the building of a cathedral could be a great popular novel.

Building, Cathedral, Looked, Medieval, One Day, Stories

Nevertheless, the book gave Jack a feeling he had never had before, that the past was like a story, in which one thing led to another, and the world was not a boundless mystery, but a finite thing that could be comprehended.

Book, Boundless, Feelings, Led, Like, Past

Why was it, Lloyd wondered, that the people who wanted to destroy everything good about their country were the quickest to wave the national flag?

Country, Flags, National, People, Quickest, Wave

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?

Character, Situation, Think, Thinking, Woman, Writing

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.

Hope, Move, Moving, Odd Things, Seeing, Want

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.

Character, Long, Maybe, Think, Thinking, Writing

The CIA's research program is described in a book called "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate. "

Book, Candidate, Manchurian, Research, Search, Swag

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