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Italians tend to be less rigidly moral and law-abiding than do Anglo-Saxons. They also have a profound suspicion of the state and most of its agencies.

~Donna Leon

Topics: Agencies Also Italians Law-Abiding Less Moral Most Profound State Suspicion Tend Than

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Venetians feel affection and loyalty to their city, rather than to the Italian state.

~Donna Leon

Topics: Affection City Feel Italian Loyalty Rather State Than

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I was at La Fenice opera house back in 1991 with friends, and we started talking about a conductor whom none of us liked. Somehow there was an escalation, and we started talking about how to kill him, where to kill him. This struck me as a good idea for a book.

~Donna Leon

Topics: About Back Book Conductor Escalation Friends Good Good Idea Him House How Idea La Liked Me None Opera Opera House Somehow Started Struck Talking Us Where Whom

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All through graduate school, instead of having a television I read murder mysteries: Hammett, Chandler, Ruth Rendell, P. D. James.

~Donna Leon

Topics: Graduate Graduate School Having Instead James Mysteries Read Ruth School Television Through

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I never know what's going to happen in a novel. I don't have a plan or an outline.

~Donna Leon

Topics: Going Happen Know Never Novel Outline Plan

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I'm involved with a baroque opera company here in Italy. I write some of their booklet material, comments on operas. I also write for some baroque opera festivals because this music is my real passion.

~Donna Leon

Topics: Also Baroque Because Comments Company Festivals Here Involved Italy Material Music Opera Operas Passion Real Real Passion Some Write I Write

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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

Topics: Crime Demands Enormous Intellect Know Like Make Most Own Soup Spit Think Tv Writing You Your I Think

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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

Topics: Against Contemporary Crime Crime Fiction Fiction Much Obsessed Painful Particularly Read Violence Women

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The character I created, 'Commissario Brunetti,' who appears in all my books, shares similar reading, artistic and musical tastes with me. Subconsciously, I knew that if I was to spend however long it would take to write this book with him, this man would have to be someone I'd like to have dinner with.

~Donna Leon

Topics: Appears Artistic Book Books Character Created Dinner Him However Knew Like Long Man Me Musical Reading Shares Similar Someone Spend Subconsciously Take Tastes Who Would Write

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

~Donna Leon

Topics: Be Happy Famous Fun Happy Have Fun Just Never Rich Successful Wanted

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 29th, 1942

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