Donna Leon Quotes

I know you shouldn't spit in your own soup but I think most crime writing is like TV and doesn't make enormous demands on one's intellect.

Donna Leon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 29, 1942

Topics

WritingSoupThinkYouKnowCrime

I don't write on demand - I wait for inspiration to come.

Jill Scott

WaitWriteInspirationComeDemand

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

John C. Maxwell

LeadershipLeaderVisionPeopleBuy

I'm obsessed with broadcasting.

Mauro Ranallo

BroadcastingObsessed

I was one of the artistic directors of the Steppenwolf Theatre, which me and many dear buddies started all the way back in 1974, and I have a lot of that in my makeup.

Jeff Perry

MeTheatreMakeupBackWayStarted

However painful or regrettable Brexit may be, it will not stop the E.U. as it moves to the future; we need to move forward.

Jean-Claude Juncker

FutureForwardStopWillNeedMay

I should have got thin, but I eat too much. I hate the word 'moderation.'

Miriam Margolyes

HateToo MuchEatModerationGot

If you're inclined to dismiss L.A. as a place of unrelenting vapidity and generic 1980s architecture, then you're doing yourself and L.A. a huge disservice, and you're just not looking hard enough.

Moby

ArchitectureYourselfLookingDoing

When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start.

Dennis Eckersley

StartFirstUpPrettyWhereWho

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.

Clement Attlee

GovernmentPeopleDemocracyTalking

I hope that President-elect Trump will be a successful president for us all.

Anna Wintour

HopeWillPresidentSuccessfulUs

God is great.

Sean Kingston

GodGreat

If the charge against me is that I fight to win, and I'm intense, then I'm guilty.

Sean Spicer

FightMeWinGuiltyAgainstIntense

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