--- title: "4 Piers Paul Read Quotes - Famous Writer (Alive!: The Story of the Andes Survivors)" description: "Piers Paul Read FRSL is a British novelist, historian and biographer. He was first noted in 1974 for a book of reportage, Alive: The Story of the Andes ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b072/author-shemp-howard-75671.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Piers Paul Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b072/author-shemp-howard-75671.jpg) # Piers Paul Read (1941) Writer United Kingdom **4** quotes in **29** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Piers Paul Read is a writer from the United Kingdom, best known for *Alive!: The Story of the Andes Survivors*. ## Quick Facts About Piers Paul Read Born March 7, 1941 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Writer Notable works Alive!: The Story of the Andes Survivors Spouse Emily Albertine Boothby ## About Piers Paul Read Piers Paul Read FRSL is a British novelist, historian and biographer. He was first noted in 1974 for a book of reportage, Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, later adapted as a feature film and a documentary. Read was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he studied history. ## Awards & Honors Hawthornden Prize Somerset Maugham Award James Tait Black Memorial Prize Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize ## Quotes by Piers Paul Read > [Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than of lust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piers-paul-read/sins-become-more-subtle-as-you-grow-older-you-commit-sins-of-despair/) Piers Paul Read [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/piers-paul-read-68262_commit_sins-become-more-subtle-as-you-grow-olde_60171.jpg) > [Truth is always duller than fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piers-paul-read/truth-is-always-duller-than-fiction/) Piers Paul Read [Fiction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/piers-paul-read-68262_fiction_truth-is-always-duller-than-fiction-1513_151387.jpg) > [Writing is a vocation and, as in any other calling, a writer should develop his talents for the greater glory of God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piers-paul-read/writing-is-a-vocation-and-as-in-any-other-calling-a-writer-should/) Piers Paul Read [Apologetic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apologetic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/piers-paul-read-68262_apologetic_writing-is-a-vocation-and-as-in-any-othe_158219.jpg) > [Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piers-paul-read/good-novels-are-not-written-they-are-rewritten-great-novels-are/) Piers Paul Read [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/piers-paul-read-68262_books_good-novels-are-not-written-they-are-rew_926661.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piers-paul-read/#itemlist", "name": "Piers Paul Read Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than of lust.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Piers Paul Read" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piers-paul-read/sins-become-more-subtle-as-you-grow-older-you-commit-sins-of-despair/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/piers-paul-read-68262_commit_sins-become-more-subtle-as-you-grow-olde_60171.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/piers-paul-read-68262_commit_sins-become-more-subtle-as-you-grow-olde_60171.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/piers-paul-read-68262_commit_sins-become-more-subtle-as-you-grow-olde_60171.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than of lust.” — Piers Paul Read", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Truth is always duller than fiction.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Piers Paul Read" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piers-paul-read/truth-is-always-duller-than-fiction/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/piers-paul-read-68262_fiction_truth-is-always-duller-than-fiction-1513_151387.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/piers-paul-read-68262_fiction_truth-is-always-duller-than-fiction-1513_151387.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/piers-paul-read-68262_fiction_truth-is-always-duller-than-fiction-1513_151387.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Truth is always duller than fiction.” — Piers Paul Read", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Writing is a vocation and, as in any other calling, a writer should develop his talents for the greater glory of God. 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