Quotes by Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell

British author of historical novels

Lived from: 1944 -

Category: Writers (Contemporary)

Born: 23 february 1944

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  • Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine.
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  • And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee.
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  • Anyone who claims to have an entirely clear conscience is almost certainly a bore.
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  • At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.
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  • Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.
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  • I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face.
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  • I'm fortunate that the books sell, but even more fortunate to live in Chatham, to be very happily married and to have, on the whole, a fairly clear conscience.
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  • It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance.
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  • Judy couldn't move to Britain for family reasons, so I had to come to the States, and the U.S. government wouldn't give me a Green Card, so I airily told her I'd write a book.
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  • Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets.
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  • Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.
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  • 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.
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  • So the books have a greater appeal to a British audience, but that hasn't stopped them making best-seller lists in places like Brazil, Japan and at least a dozen other countries.
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  • Then you start another book and suddenly the galley proofs of the last one come in and you have to wrench your attention away from what you're writing and try to remember what you were thinking when you wrote the previous one.
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  • What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.
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What are the most famous quotes from Bernard Cornwell?

The two most famous quotes from Bernard Cornwell are:

  • "Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine."
  • "And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee."

When did Bernard Cornwell live?

Bernard Cornwell is still alive and was born in 1944.