Piers Paul Read

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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.
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Collection: Writing
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Truth is always duller than fiction.
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Collection: Writing
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Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.
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Collection: Novel
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Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than of lust.
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Collection: Lust