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Most of my stories have some basis in fact.

Ken Follett

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Ken Follett
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 5
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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.
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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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Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers.
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She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'.
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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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The boundary between philosophy and fiction is not as clear cut as you may think and the two definitely interact.
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The most expensive part of building is the mistakes.
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I might not be a good socialist, any more than I'm a good Christian, but I am one.
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Culture clash is terrific drama.
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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.
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I enjoy learning technical details.
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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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In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.
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His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.
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It was the most romantic plane ever made.
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To someone standing in the nave, looking down the length of the church toward the east, the round window would seem like a huge sun exploding into innumerable shards of gorgeous color.
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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.
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But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to us.
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He had been granted his life's wish-but conditionally.
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