Author: Donna Leon

Quotes

My father read 'The New York Times,' my mother did secretarial work, we had a dog, we had a garden, I had a brother.

My father read 'The New York Times,' my mother did secretarial work, we had a dog, we had a garden, I had a brother.

- Donna Leon

I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but he sure could plot.

I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but he sure could plot.

- Donna Leon

The ending is one of my blackest, utterly without hope of any sort.

The ending is one of my blackest, utterly without hope of any sort.

- Donna Leon

I listen to Handel's vocal music, almost exclusively.

I listen to Handel's vocal music, almost exclusively.

- Donna Leon

I don't go to the movies because I don't like films.

I don't go to the movies because I don't like films.

- Donna Leon

So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can't read that.

So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can't read that.

- Donna Leon

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