“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.” PeopleKnowsTryingYearsWellsCharacterFeelingsMightJournalistListenersGood Writers 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
“Now here's a good one: you're lying on your deathbed. You have one hour to live. Who is it, exactly, you have needed all these years to forgive?” YearsLyingHoursNeededForgivingOne HourDeathbed Book:The Chief Inspector Gamache Series Source: The Chief Inspector Gamache Series
“Every year the hunters shot cows and horses and family pets and each other. And unbelievably, they sometimes shot themselves, perhaps in a psychotic episode where they mistook themselves for dinner” YearsSometimesShotsHorseDinnerPetCowsEpisodesHuntersPsychoticFamily Pets Book:Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Source: Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
