3 December 2020 Donna Leon Italians know about human nature – they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it to work around it.
3 December 2020 Donna Leon I came to Venice for the first time in 1968 and was lucky enough to make the acquaintanceship, and then the friendship, of two Venetians, Roberta and Franco, who remain my best friends here after almost 50 years.
3 December 2020 Donna Leon 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.
3 December 2020 Donna Leon I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun.
