Quotes by Ken Follett

A very good editor is almost a collaborator. (Ken Follett)

An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit. (Ken Follett)

Be a perfectionist. (Ken Follett)

Culture clash is terrific drama. (Ken Follett)

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)

I enjoy learning technical details. (Ken Follett)

I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didnt happen, but it might have. (Ken Follett)

In a broad valley, at the foot of a sloping hillside, beside a clear bubbling stream, Tom was building a house. (Ken Follett)

In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, shes a strong character. She does change the plot. Shell often rescue the male character from some situation. (Ken Follett)

Most of my stories have some basis in fact. (Ken Follett)