“I'm involved with a baroque opera company here in Italy. I write some ...” — Donna Leon Quote

“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.”

“So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can't read that.”

“The Germans and Austrians are very polite, the Swiss are very reserved and the Spanish usually kiss me. The Brits write me letters.”

“It's curious that apart from the baroque ranting, 'Sarah & Duck' is very similar to 'The Thick Of It' - great characters, excellent writing and lots of humor!”

“My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell out of the tribe over women's rights and social justice issues when I was just 13 years old.”

“My look is either very baroque or very Zen - everything in between makes me itch.”