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Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

Ken Follett

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Ken Follett
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 5
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In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.
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My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.
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The most expensive part of building is the mistakes.
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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?
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The boundary between philosophy and fiction is not as clear cut as you may think and the two definitely interact.
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I imagined it. I wrote it. But I guess I never thought I'd see it.
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I enjoy learning technical details.
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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.
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There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.
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She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly.
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What she needs,' Tom said aloud 'is a husband.' Agnes said crisply, 'Well, she can't have mine.
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His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.
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