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

Ken Follett

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Ken Follett
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 5
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Kenneth Martin Follett
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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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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.
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Most of my stories have some basis in fact.
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.
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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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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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I enjoy learning technical details.
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It was the most romantic plane ever made.
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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?
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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.
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It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing?
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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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Hard work should be rewarded by good food.
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Culture clash is terrific drama.
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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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