Piers Paul Read famous quotes

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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

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Truth is always duller than fiction.
-- Piers Paul Read

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Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than of lust.
-- Piers Paul Read

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Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.
-- Piers Paul Read

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Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.
The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.
You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.
This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.
You cannot have a good character today and at the same time have a small mind and a little heart. You cannot have a good character today and be merely a petty reformer.
I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.
I have done scenes as Harvey Two-Face. It's interesting. I won't tell you exactly what we're going for, but I think that I can say that it will use all of today's technology to create this character. He's going to be interesting, and I think that's what makes this character important in the movie-you get to see him as he was before, as in the comic books. Harvey is a very good guy in the comic books. He's judicious. He cares. He's passionate about what he loves and then he turns into this character. So you will see that in this film.
What is the subject matter of this apparently very personal world? It has been suggested that these shapes and images are underworld characters, the inhabitants of the vast common realm of memories that have gone down below the level of conscious control. It may be they are. The degree of emotional involvement and the amount of free association with the material being photographed would point in that direction.
One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.

Piers Paul Read famous quotes

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