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“I have no interest in writing confessions, in deliberately baring myself to my readers. I prefer to remain behind a screen.”

Writing Interest Behinds Reader Screens Confession

Author:Louis Begley

“Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works.”

Mean Together Purpose Three Sin Conditions Sorrow Catholic Saint Satisfaction Amendments Confession Good Work Penance Omission Confessing Contrition

Book:The Aquinas Catechism: A Simple Explanation of the Catholic Faith by the Church's Greatest Theologian

Source: The Aquinas Catechism: A Simple Explanation of the Catholic Faith by the Church's Greatest Theologian

“The most famous person in my phone is Lindsay Lohan. We starred in 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen' together in 2004 and we've stayed in touch.”

Persons Together Drama Phones Queens Confession Teenage

Author:Adam Garcia

“The Journal is not essentially a confession, a story about oneself. It is a Memorial. What does the writer have to remember? Himself, who he is when he is not writing, when he is living his daily life, when he is alive and real, and not dying and without truth.”

Writing Doe Real Stories Remember Alive Dying Oneself Daily Life Confession Journal Memorial

Book:The gaze of Orpheus, and other literary essays

Source: The gaze of Orpheus, and other literary essays

“Here's a confession: I hate parenting books. I hate the ones that are earnest and repetitive.”

Book Hate I Hate Confession Earnest Repetitive

Author:Bruce Feiler

“The expectation was that 'True Confessions' would be my first published book, but that didn't happen. After it was rejected by every publisher in New York and Canada, I shoved it in a closet and went on to write and publish my next three books.”

Writing Firsts Book Happens Would Be Three Next New York Expectations Canada Confession Rejected Closets Publishers Publish

Author:Rachel Gibson

“There are, I believe, many more false confessions to murders than true confessions.”

Believe I Believe Murder Confession

Author:Bill James