Piers Paul Read Professions : Novelist Born : March 7, 1941 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by 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 catholic writing character Truth is always duller than fiction. Piers Paul Read truth-is writing fiction Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than of lust. Piers Paul Read despair vices lust Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites. Piers Paul Read great-novels novel diamond Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors
