Bernard Cornwell Quotes & Sayings

20 most famous Bernard Cornwell quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's an 80 year old British novelist born on Feb 23, 1944.

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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, and I've no regrets.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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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