Donna Leon

I have always had a particular antagonism for the military. ”

I have no memory for what happens in what books. I don't know when I might remember a scene, but beats me what book it's in because there are 14 of them now. ”

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most liberal and illumined of the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. ”

I find the idea of vigilante justice very attractive. I like the idea that the murderer decides that this person has gone too far, and nothing will happen to him unless she does something to stop him. ”

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. ”

And I don't want to live anywhere where I am famous. It makes me very, very uncomfortable, because it conveys an advantage over people, and I don't like that. ”

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

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. ”

I love music. But I've never owned a TV in my adult life, and I've never lived in a place with a television. ”

I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person. ”