Ken Follett Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.

  Ken Follett

  Strong Women, Book, Hero

• Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative.

  Ken Follett

  Book, Character, Thrillers

• I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in a monastery and never met any women, maybe it would be difficult.

  Ken Follett

  Writing, Character, Thinking

• I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't happen, but it might have.

  Ken Follett

  Real, Character, Historical

  Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. December 15, 2000.

• When I'm writing a woman character, I don't think, 'What would a woman do?' I just think, 'What would this character do in this situation?

  Ken Follett

  Writing, Character, Thinking

  "He's a Dylan freak who 'never liked danger'" by David Bowman, www.cnn.com.

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