Bernard Cornwell Quotes

One book at a time... though I'm usually doing the research for others while I'm writing, but that sort of research is fairly desultory and I like to stick to the book being written - and writing a book concentrates the mind so the research is more productive.

Bernard Cornwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 23, 1944

Topics

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I'm not a good improv-er, which is what a lot of comedic actors are really good at. I have failed miserably when I've been asked to improvise.

John Cho

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My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too.

Andreja Pejic

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There's this movie, 'Zero Dark Thirty' about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Some have complained that too many 'secrets' were dished out by the intelligence and special operations communities to director Kathryn Bigelow, screenwriter Mark Boal and their crew, part of a broader pattern of using intelligence for political effect.

Michael Hayden

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Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is.

Lucinda Williams

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What keeps me awake at night? Just about everything! I worry that I am not there for my family enough. So what keeps me awake at night is general guilt!

Julia Sawalha

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There aren't too many people out there who can start one of my books and not finish it. I don't think too many writers can say that.

Joy Fielding

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Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics.

Christopher Lasch

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I have crazy, curly, big hair, so,if I have time to try to make myself look presentable, I usually spend it doing my hair.

Christen Press

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Canada is currently the only major industrialized country in the world that does not allow any private administration of health care services that are provided by the public system.

Cliff Stearns

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The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.

Chuck Palahniuk

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I try to do romantic gestures all the time.

Armie Hammer

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I always show great respect for everyone, including Manchester United.

Antonio Conte

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