Donna Leon Quotes

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Donna Leon

Profession : Author

Birth : September 29, 1942

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

I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun.

Donna Leon

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

Donna Leon

I was extraordinarily lucky. I wrote a book because I wanted to see if I could write a mystery. Someone nagged me into sending it to a contest, which it won, after which I was offered a two-book contract, thus requiring the writing of a second book.

Donna Leon

The Germans and Austrians are very polite, the Swiss are very reserved and the Spanish usually kiss me. The Brits write me letters.

Donna Leon

And I don't want to live anywhere where I am famous. It makes me very, very uncomfortable, because it conveys an advantage over people, and I don't like that.

Donna Leon

I love music. But I've never owned a TV in my adult life, and I've never lived in a place with a television.

Donna Leon