Top 46 Quotes by Ken Follett

About Ken Follett

These are some quotes by Welsh author Ken Follett Author, who was born on June 5, 1949.

I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.

I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.

Ken Follett

An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit.

An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit.

Ken Follett

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

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

Ken Follett

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

Ken Follett

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.

Ken Follett

Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative.

Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative.

Ken Follett

There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.

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

The research is the easiest. The outline is the most fun. The first draft is the hardest, because every word of the outline has to be fleshed out. The rewrite is very satisfying.

The research is the easiest. The outline is the most fun. The first draft is the hardest, because every word of the outline has to be fleshed out. The rewrite is very satisfying.

Ken Follett

I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.

I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.

Ken Follett

People are much more complicated in real life, but my characters are as subtle and nuanced as I can make them. But if you say my characters are too black and white, you've missed the point. Villains are meant to be black-hearted in popular novels. If you say I have a grey-hearted villain, then I've failed.

Ken Follett

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