456 Quotes by Ken Follett

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

But desperate people find courage.

Most of my stories have some basis in fact.

My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.

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?

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.

Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers.

You never know," Jack said speculatively. "There may come a time when savages like William Hamleigh aren't in power; when the laws protect the ordinary people instead of enslaving them; when the king makes peace instead of war. Think of that - a time when towns in England don't need walls!

Knotty theological questions are the least worrying of problems to me. Why? Because they will be resolved in the hereafter, and meanwhile they can be safely shelved.