A good journalist, as you know, is a great listener. And so's a good writer. And I got to listen to people for almost 20 years. That serves me well, I hope, when I try to understand how a character might be feeling, or how they might react.
Louise PennyBut you want murderous feelings? Hang around librarians," confided Gamache. "All that silence. Gives them ideas.
Louise PennyMyrna could spend happy hours browsing bookcases. She felt if she could just get a good look at a personโs bookcase and their grocery cart, sheโd pretty much know who they were.
Louise PennyTo be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as a child.
Louise PennyAfter spending most of her life scanning the horizon for slights and threats, genuine and imagined, she knew the real threat to her happiness came not from the dot in the distance, but from looking for it. Expecting it. Waiting for it. And in some cases, creating it. Her father had jokingly accused her of living in the wreckage of her future. Until one day she'd looked deep into his eyes and saw he wasn't joking. He was warning her.
Louise Penny