Ken Follett
Ken Follett
Kenneth Martin "Ken" Follettis a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 150 million copies of his works. Many of his books have reached number 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, including Edge of Eternity, Fall of Giants, The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, Triple, Winter of the World, and World Without End...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 June 1949
Ken Follett quotes about
lost-everything nothing-to-lose lost
When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.
captains kind advertising
I wanted to be some kind of captain of industry. Then I wanted to be in advertising, and then I wanted to be a newspaper reporter.
glory aim glory-of-god
His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.
one-day stories medieval
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.
degradation sooner-or-later subjects
The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you,
humility pride men
When you're thinking, please remember this: excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God through excessive humility.
hunger seasoning
Hunger is the best seasoning.