“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.” ShouldMeanBookWinningGratefulFortunate Author:Louise Penny
“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.” NeedsBookNovelBearsDisciplineMassJournalistLazySofasGummiesGummy Bear Author: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.” YearsBookCharacterWantedTurnsRightsTvsSeriesRequestTurned DownTv Series Author:Louise Penny
“I went through a period in my life when I had no friends, when the phone never rang, when I thought I would die from loneliness. I know that the real blessing here isn't that I have a book published, but that I have so many people to thank.” PeopleKnowsBookRealDiesLonelinessPeriodsBlessingPhonesNo Friends Book:Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Source: Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
“The women in the room chatted about love, about childhood, about losing parents, about Mr. Spock, about good books they'd read. They mothered each other.” BookParentRoomsChildhoodLosingGood BookMr SpockLosing A Parent Author:Louise Penny
