More - Bernard Cornwell Quotes

I took time off last year to sail the Atlantic, and if I got more opportunities for blue-water cruising I might take them.

Bernard Cornwell

 

And though I've lived in the States for over 25 years and am now an American citizen, I still hear British voices in my head.

Bernard Cornwell

 

We have a gaff-rigged topsail cutter, which sounds much grander than she really is, but she's exquisitely beautiful and shamefully slow and we spend a lot of time aboard when we can.

Bernard Cornwell

 

I still have to crack the French market, though that isn't entirely surprising considering that the Sharpe novels are endless tales of French defeat.

Bernard Cornwell

 British Novelist

Not sure what I'd so with a notebook other than swat flies. If I want a break I'd rather go down to Stage Harbor and talk boats.

Bernard Cornwell

 British Novelist

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

In the end their appeal is not necessarily the history, but the quality of the story-telling, and a good story transcends national boundaries.

Bernard Cornwell

 British Novelist History

Then you start another book and suddenly the galley proofs of the last one come in and you have to wrench your attention away from what you're writing and try to remember what you were thinking when you wrote the previous one.

Bernard Cornwell

 Books And Reading British Novelist

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

I volunteered for this life, wanted it and am not going to bitch about it now that I've got it.

Bernard Cornwell

 British Novelist