Ken Follett Quotes

For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words.

Ken Follett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: welsh
  • Birth: June 5, 1949

Topics

SuccessWordsDestinyCareAnxiety

It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world.

Aneurin Bevan

PeaceWorldCreatePossibleMiddle

By every measure, John Kennedy's sex life was compulsive and reckless. At one level, it had clear public consequences. Knowledge of Kennedy's behavior gave FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover absolute job security, as well as the potential power to derail Kennedy's re-election had he survived assassination.

Jeff Greenfield

LifeKnowledgePowerJobBehavior

I've auditioned for roles that involved voice, but I don't like it. I feel like, I can't do this in front of you. It seems so separate - I don't share it with a lot of people. And I'm not into public performances.

Amanda Seyfried

PeopleVoiceFeelYouShareSeems

A modern girls' school, equipped as scores are now equipped throughout the country, was of course not to be found in 1858, when I first became a school boarder, or in 1867, when I ceased to be one.

Mary Augusta Ward

SchoolCountryNowFirstModern

People who get to express their voice are paid by the people who make profit from it. So they're going to make you believe you have to spend your money buying these products otherwise you won't be happy. This is really wrong. Especially the implication it carries.

Michel Gondry

MoneyHappyPeopleBe HappyBelieve

I'm a big supporter of the Second Amendment. But I think I have a First Amendment right not to be shot.

Michael Nutter

ThinkFirst AmendmentFirstRight

I'm continuing to prepare very well because I have my responsibility and my (pride) as a man and an athlete.

Dayron Robles

ResponsibilityManPrideAthlete

Sometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because I'm famous.

Chris Rock

PeopleFamousYouSometimesBecause

You never sit on your laurels. It is always a case of trying to work on your deficiencies as much as working on your strengths.

Brian O'Driscoll

WorkTryingYouNeverAlwaysSit

I've worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That's a lot of work.

Armand Assante

WorkYearsTheaterLotNonstop

The news that comes out of Pakistan is always geared toward terrorism and fundamentalism. But when you give people freedom of expression and the freedom to go out and be social and to express themselves, you will see a change. I see that coming about in my country.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

ChangeFreedomPeopleYouCountry

Presidents always want to do nice, noble, long-run things, and Congress is less keen to do so. We've seen that throughout the history of this country.

Tyler Cowen

HistoryCountryCongressNiceWant

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