Louise Penny quotes - page 2

Let every man shovel out his own snow, and the whole city will be passable," said Gamache. Seeing Beauvoir's puzzled expression he added, "Emerson."

"Lake and Palmer?"

"Ralph and Waldo. (Louise Penny)

I think many people love their problems. Gives them all sorts of excuses for not growing up and getting on with life.

Louise Penny

Life is change. If you aren't growing and evolving you're standing still, and the rest of the world is surging ahead. Most of these people are very immature. They lead "still" lives, waiting.

Louise Penny

A good journalist, as you know, is a great listener. And so's a good writer. And I got to listen to people for almost 20 years. That serves me well, I hope, when I try to understand how a character might be feeling, or how they might react.

Louise Penny

Winning doesn't mean my book is better than anyone else's. It means I'm very fortunate. And I should be very, very aware of that. And grateful.

Louise Penny

I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the characters, and to turn it into a TV series. This would have allowed them to do anything they wanted with the characters, and that just wasn't an option for me.

Louise Penny

I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's just tragic.

Louise Penny

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Louise Penny

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Photo: Ian Crysler, CC BY-SA 3.0

Occupation: Canadian Author
Born: July 1, 1958
Quotes count: 32

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