Quote

It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing?

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
Millions
Books
Almost
Language
Book
Sold
Great
German
Million
Amazing

More quotes by Ken Follett

Image
What she needs,' Tom said aloud 'is a husband.' Agnes said crisply, 'Well, she can't have mine.
Ken Follett
Image
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.
Ken Follett
Image
His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.
Ken Follett
Image
Most of my stories have some basis in fact.
Ken Follett
Image
She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'.
Ken Follett
Image
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.
Ken Follett
Image
Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.
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
Hard work should be rewarded by good food.
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
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.
Ken Follett
Image
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.
Ken Follett
Image
There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.
Ken Follett
Image
Culture clash is terrific drama.
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
He had been granted his life's wish-but conditionally.
Ken Follett
Image
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.
Ken Follett
Image
Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.
Ken Follett
Image
Why did people manufacture trouble when there was already so much of it in the world?
Ken Follett