Quote

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

Ken Follett

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Ken Follett
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 5
Author
Novelist
Writer
Cardiff
Wales
Kenneth Martin Follett
Pleased
Aim
Glory
Philip

More quotes by Ken Follett

Image
In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.
Ken Follett
Image
you should first follow the plow if you want to dance the harvest jig.
Ken Follett
Image
I imagined it. I wrote it. But I guess I never thought I'd see it.
Ken Follett
Image
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.
Ken Follett
Image
But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to us.
Ken Follett
Image
A baby was like a revolution, Grigori thought: you could start one, but you could not control how it would turn out.
Ken Follett
Image
I enjoy learning technical details.
Ken Follett
Image
I have quite a few different Bibles. Having rejected my parents' religion, I still think the King James Bible is the most important work of literature in English. None of us can help being influenced by it.
Ken Follett
Image
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.
Ken Follett
Image
Jack Reacher is a brilliant movie
Ken Follett
Image
Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers.
Ken Follett
Image
The most expensive part of building is the mistakes.
Ken Follett
Image
Culture clash is terrific drama.
Ken Follett
Image
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?
Ken Follett
Image
It was the most romantic plane ever made.
Ken Follett
Image
The boundary between philosophy and fiction is not as clear cut as you may think and the two definitely interact.
Ken Follett
Image
Why did people manufacture trouble when there was already so much of it in the world?
Ken Follett
Image
My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.
Ken Follett
Image
I might not be a good socialist, any more than I'm a good Christian, but I am one.
Ken Follett
Image
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.
Ken Follett