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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?

Ken Follett

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Ken Follett
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 5
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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.
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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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She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'.
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Most of my stories have some basis in fact.
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The CIA's research program is described in a book called The Search for the Manchurian Candidate.
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We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic summary.
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I imagined it. I wrote it. But I guess I never thought I'd see it.
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Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books the women characters often rather decorative.
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His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.
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World War II is the greatest drama in human history, the biggest war ever and a true battle of good and evil. I imagine writers will continue to get stories from it, and readers will continue to love them, for many more years.
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I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.
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President Wilson says a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the ship in one direction or another, but never trying to go directly against it.
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A baby was like a revolution, Grigori thought: you could start one, but you could not control how it would turn out.
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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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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.
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In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.
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Culture clash is terrific drama.
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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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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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