Bernard Cornwell Quotes - Page 2

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• Research is a lifelong occupation so it's hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Book, Months, Research

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• Madness ends sometimes. The Gods decree it, not man.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Men, Madness, Sometimes

  Bernard Cornwell (1997). “The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur”, p.183, Macmillan

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• Latin! The language of God! Or perhaps He speaks Hebrew? I suppose that's more likely and it will make things rather awkward in heaven, won't it? Will we all have to learn Hebrew?

  Bernard Cornwell

  Latin, Heaven, Awkward

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• You know what circumcision is, Private?

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  Circumcision, Knows

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• 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

  Cheerleading, Drama, Tvs

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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.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Mentor, Goes On, Want

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• I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the first book had not sold... doesn't bear thinking about, but I suppose we'd have made it work somehow.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Book, Thinking, Firsts

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• Television is a young person's medium.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Television, Young, Mediums

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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.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Writing, Thinking, Careers

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• A man does not see where he treads in battle, for he is watching the enemy.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Men, Enemy, Battle

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• We don't build,' I said to my son, 'we just destroy.

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  Son, My Son, Said

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• So far it's 43 books in 25 years.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Book, Years

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