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Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and thats their job. It isnt mine. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
And yes, theres a simplicity to writing books because youre not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Anyone who claims to have an entirely clear conscience is almost certainly a bore. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
I have a terrific, marvellous, unbelievably helpful editor in London and she has the biggest influence, but even so we disagree as much as we agree. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
I know nothing about producing TV drama and any involvement on my part is liable to prove an obstacle to the producers, so I prefer to be a cheerleader and let them get on with it. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the first book had not sold... doesnt bear thinking about, but I suppose wed have made it work somehow. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
I start early - usually by 5 am, and work through to 5 pm, with breaks for lunch, boring exercise, etc etc. But its usually a full day. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
I still have to crack the French market, though that isnt entirely surprising considering that the Sharpe novels are endless tales of French defeat. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
I volunteered for this life, wanted it and am not going to bitch about it now that Ive got it. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Ill happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Im 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. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
In the end their appeal is not necessarily the history, but the quality of the story-telling, and a good story transcends national boundaries. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Its better than 9 to 5 because Im my own boss so I can take off when I want to, and the dress code is non-existent and the commute is terrific. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Its fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Judy couldnt move to Britain for family reasons, so I had to come to the States, and the U.S. government wouldnt give me a Green Card, so I airily told her Id write a book. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you dont take chances then youll never have a winning hand, and Ive no regrets. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Mind you, even in places where Im much better known, I walk in anonymity, mainly because folks know authors names, but not their faces. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Not sure what Id so with a notebook other than swat flies. If I want a break Id rather go down to Stage Harbor and talk boats. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
One book at a time... though Im usually doing the research for others while Im 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 Quotes
So far its 43 books in 25 years. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
So the books have a greater appeal to a British audience, but that hasnt stopped them making best-seller lists in places like Brazil, Japan and at least a dozen other countries. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Television is a young persons medium. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
The discrepancy is entirely based, I think, on the fact that I write best when Im writing about what I know, and that is British history. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
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 youre writing and try to remember what you were thinking when you wrote the previous one. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
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. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Writing is a solitary occupation. - Bernard Cornwell Quotes
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