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...
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worry behavior should
Or - perhaps - I should just worry about my own behavior and let others be who they are.
belief dangerous persons
It is very, very dangerous to come between a person and their beliefs.
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.
book character rights
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.
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.
be-kind kind
How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel.
people stupidity greed
Foolish people are never harmless. Stupidity accounts for as many crimes as anger and greed.
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.
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.
writing thinking novel
A good novel is a good novel, pointe finale. And I think what I'm writing is exactly that.
children home past
But there was no hiding from Conscience. Not in new homes and new cars. In travel. In meditation or frantic activity. In children, in good works. On tiptoes or bended knee. In a big career. Or a small cabin. It would find you. The past always did. Which was why... it was vital to be aware of actions in the present. Because the present became the past, and the past grew. And got up, and followed you. And found you... Who wouldn't be afraid of this?