Piers Paul Read Quotes

• Writing is a vocation and, as in any other calling, a writer should develop his talents for the greater glory of God. Novels should be neither homilies nor apologetics: the author's faith, and the grace he has received, will become apparent in his work even if it does not have Catholic characters or a Catholic theme.

  Piers Paul Read

  Writing, Character, Catholic

  Ignatius Press Interview, www.ignatius.com.

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• Truth is always duller than fiction.

  Piers Paul Read

  Writing, Fiction, Truth Is

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• Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.

  Piers Paul Read

  Novel, Diamond, Great Novels

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• Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than of lust.

  Piers Paul Read

  Lust, Despair, Vices

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