Louise Penny
Louise Penny
Louise Pennyis a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Penny's first career was as a radio broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. After she turned to writing, she won numerous awards for her work, including the Agatha Award for best mystery novel of the year five times, including four consecutive years, and the Anthony Award for best novel of the...
NationalityCanadian
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CountryCanada
Louise Penny quotes about
writing thinking novel
A good novel is a good novel, pointe finale. And I think what I'm writing is exactly that.
creativity sloth looks
It's a shame that creativity and sloth look exactly the same.
love voice perfect
Her voice was slightly accented but her French was perfect. Someone who'd not just learned the language but loved it. And it showed with every syllable. Gamache knew it was impossible to split language from culture. That without one the other withered. To love the language was to respect the culture.
successful thinking awards
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.
children honest wanted
To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as a child.
be-kind kind
How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel.
safety people facts
What people mistook for safety was in fact captivity.
running firsts comfort
But, like peace, comfort didn't come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage.
loneliness hate writing
I had to learn compassion. Had to learn what it felt like to hate, and to forgive and to love and be loved. And to lose people close to me. Had to feel deep loneliness and sorrow. And then I could write.
book discipline lazy
A journalist also needs to be disciplined, and so do I. I am, essentially, lazy. Without discipline I'd be just a mass of gummy bears on the sofa instead of on book tour with my eighth novel.
character years people
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.
book grateful mean
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.
belief dangerous persons
It is very, very dangerous to come between a person and their beliefs.
investigation
The question that haunted every investigation was 'why'.