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Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell
British Novelist
Born: Feb 23, 1944
Book Books Sometimes Work Writing You
Related authors: Anne Bronte Charles Morgan Charlotte Bronte Hector Hugh Munro Helen Oyeyemi Jeanette Winterson Roald Dahl Zadie Smith
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. Bernard Cornwell
Happiness Life Achieve Sail Mountains Books Scale See Point Write Unselfish Oceans Mean
Writing is a solitary occupation. Bernard Cornwell
Writing Solitary Occupation
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
You Looking Looking Back Back Mad Winning No Regrets Take Never Course Idiotic Hand Irresponsible Forlorn Regrets Then Chances
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 Beginning Think Risk Writers Very Pompous Useful Groups Career
One book at a time... though I'm usually doing the research for others while I'm writing, but that sort of research is fairly desultory and I like to stick to the book being written - and writing a book concentrates the mind so the research is more productive. Bernard Cornwell
Time Book Writing Mind Research Others One Book Though More Written Like Fairly Sort Stick Doing Being While Productive
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. Bernard Cornwell
Brazil Other Other Countries Books Best-Seller Countries Like Greater Audience Making Least Stopped Lists Places Japan Them Appeal Dozen British
I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face. Bernard Cornwell
Internet Face Face-To-Face Rather Mentor Mentoring Most Than Goes Anyone Wants Happily Who
So far it's 43 books in 25 years. Bernard Cornwell
Books Years Far
Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations. Bernard Cornwell
Travel Book Sometimes Too Much Research Think Too Take Tours Provide Lot Much Vacations

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