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. Bernard Cornwell British Novelist More Bernard Cornwell Quotes 0
Anyone who claims to have an entirely clear conscience is almost certainly a bore. Bernard Cornwell British Novelist More Bernard Cornwell Quotes 0
At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career. Bernard Cornwell British Novelist More Bernard Cornwell Quotes 0
Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations. Bernard Cornwell British Novelist More Bernard Cornwell Quotes 0
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 British Novelist More Bernard Cornwell Quotes 0
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. Bernard Cornwell British Novelist More Bernard Cornwell Quotes 0
It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance. Bernard Cornwell British Novelist More Bernard Cornwell Quotes 0
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. Bernard Cornwell British Novelist More Bernard Cornwell Quotes 0
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. Bernard Cornwell British Novelist More Bernard Cornwell Quotes 0
Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations. Bernard Cornwell British Novelist More Bernard Cornwell Quotes 0
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. Bernard Cornwell British Novelist More Bernard Cornwell Quotes 0
Television is a young person's medium. Bernard Cornwell British Novelist More Bernard Cornwell Quotes 0
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 British Novelist More Bernard Cornwell Quotes 0