Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mareis an English author and former politician. Before becoming an author, Archer was a Member of Parliament, but did not seek re-election after a financial scandal that left him almost bankrupt. Later, after a revival of his fortunes from the royalties of his best-selling novels, he became deputy chairman of the Conservative Partybefore resigning after another scandal, which would lead to the end of his career in elected office. He was made a life...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 April 1940
Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.
I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.
Never be frightened by those you assume have more talent than you do, because in the end energy will prevail. My formula is: energy plus talent and you are a king; energy and no talent and you are still a prince; talent and no energy and you are a pauper.
Whenever you analyse anyone who has had any success and they're in the headlines, you will find they are human and make mistakes. I'm certainly that and I've made a lot of mistakes.
Sixty per cent of people entering prison today are illiterate.
We all make mistakes but one has to move on.
Chatterers are a menace.
Who Saddam Hussein kills, dies.
The popularity of an individual in life often only manifests itself in death.