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20 quotes by Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell Born (1944-02-23) 23 February 1944 (age 70) London, England Occupation Author Nationality English Genre Historical fiction Notable works Sharpe Website www.bernardcornwell.net Bernard Cornwell, OBE (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe which were adapted into a series of Sharpe television films.
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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... →

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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... →

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Anyone who claims to have an entirely clear conscience is almost certainly a bore.

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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... →

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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.

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It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance.

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Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.

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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... →

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Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.

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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... →

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Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine.

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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.

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So far it's 43 books in 25 years.

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