Top 52 Quotes by Robert Harris

About Robert Harris

These are some quotes by British author Robert Harris Novelist, who was born on March 7, 1957.

You can't ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can't repeal human nature.

You can't ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can't repeal human nature.

Robert Harris

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.

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.

Robert Harris

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

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

Robert Harris

The financial markets tend to be just a backdrop for a novel, for a heist or something that isn't necessarily integral to it. On the whole, I don't think the financial world has been well served by novels.

Robert Harris

You find out what you think by talking to yourself.

You find out what you think by talking to yourself.

Robert Harris

I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

Robert Harris

One gains a double benefit in writing about the past, conjuring up how things might have been, and at the same time acquiring a different perspective on the present.

One gains a double benefit in writing about the past, conjuring up how things might have been, and at the same time acquiring a different perspective on the present.

Robert Harris

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.

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.

Robert Harris

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.

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.

Robert Harris

If one tries to think about history, it seems to me - it's like looking at a range of mountains. And the first time you see them, they look one way. But then time changes, the pattern of light shifts. Maybe you've moved slightly, your perspective has changed. The mountains are the same, but they look very different.

Robert Harris

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