Piers Paul Read Quotes & Sayings

Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites. — Piers Paul Read

Writing is a vocation and, as in any other calling, a writer should develop his talents for the greater glory of God. Novels should be neither homilies nor apologetics: the author's faith, and the grace he has received, will become apparent in his work even if it does not have Catholic characters or a Catholic theme. — Piers Paul Read

Oh, God," he prayed once again, "by all means test us to the limit of our endurance, but please make it humanly possible to go on. Please let there be some sort of path". — Piers Paul Read

I prayed to God from the bottom of my heart that this day would never come, but it has and we have to face it with courage and faith. — Piers Paul Read

Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than of lust. — Piers Paul Read

Truth is always duller than fiction. — Piers Paul Read