“I've been Catholic all my life, and there's one thing I've never understood. Why didn't the Corinthians write back?” WritingOne ThingUnderstoodCatholicCorinthians Author:Tommy Lasorda
“My Irish Catholic mother loved romantic movies, provided they ended with a kiss before the screen went dark. If things went any further than that, she'd complain, Why can't they leave something to the imagination? I sort of subscribe to her philosophy when it comes to writing sex.” IfsWritingPhilosophyMotherSexImaginationDarkKissingCatholicScreensComplaining Author:Catherine Brady
“If you want to be a Roman Catholic scholar and write, you've got to write in such a way that nobody understands what you're saying, and then you're thought to be profound.” IfsWayWantWritingCatholicProfoundScholarRoman Catholic Author:John Shelby Spong
“When I came to write my Thomas Cromwell books, I moved onto the center ground of English history, but I was never there before. I didn't feel it was my history particularly, coming from Northern Britain, being of Irish extraction, being a cradle Catholic. The image of England I grew up with felt somewhere else. There was an official England in postcards, but it wasn't one I had visited. But I decided to march onto the center ground and occupy it whether it was mine or not.” FeelsWritingBookFeltMinesGrewGrew UpDecidedEnglandCatholicMovedOfficialsBritainMarchSomewhere ElseCradlePostcardsEnglish HistoryExtractionCromwell Author:Hilary Mantel
“Writers write about what obsesses them. You draw those cards. I lost my mother when I was 14. My daughter died at the age of 6. I lost my faith as a Catholic. When I'm writing, the darkness is always there. I go where the pain is.” WritingAgePainMotherLostDarknessDrawsDaughterDiedCatholicCardsMy Daughter Author:Anne Rice
“For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go by for the birth of a human child; to write a book or compose music often years must be dedicated to patient research ...To find the mystery there must be patience, interior purification, silence, waiting.” WritingYearsHumansChildrenBookInspirationFaithGrowsWaitingSilenceMysteryFlowerMonthsBirthResearchCatholicPatientChristian InspirationalNineDedicatedInteriorsStalkingPurificationNine Months Author:Pope John Paul II
“I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote under Catholic censorship.” KnowsWritingLiteratureNovelCatholicInstanceCensorshipBedtime Author:Guillermo Cabrera Infante