236 Quotes by Robert Harris

Don't try to write too much in a single session. One thousand words a day is quite enough. Stop after about four or five hours.

Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with issues of empire and terrorism.

In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair.

One cannot see any world leader who has got a grip on the financial markets these days. They're too big, too fast. I think that's quite scary.

Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events.

The financial world is at the cutting edge of high technology.

To tell a good story and to illuminate the world: the two things are completely linked. That is the point. That is what I've always wanted to do.

We say, 'The market plummets,' like it's some roaring creature.

Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness.