In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture of myself as writing crime novels. I like fairly strong narratives, but it's a way of getting a plot moving.
I think Melbourne is by far and away the most interesting place in Australia, and I thought if I ever wrote a novel or crime novel of any kind, I had… - Peter Temple
I think Melbourne is by far and away the most interesting place in Australia, and I thought if I ever wrote a novel or crime novel of any kind, I had…
- Peter Temple
As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the labelling. - Peter Temple
As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the labelling.
I think if you live in a country, basically you share the dominant values of a country although you may disagree on issues all the time. - Peter Temple
I think if you live in a country, basically you share the dominant values of a country although you may disagree on issues all the time.
A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonists taste in music, or were told that the hero looks… - Peter Temple
A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonists taste in music, or were told that the hero looks…
There's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come along. - Peter Temple
There's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come along.
In writing, I'm totally anti-plans of any kind. All my attempts to plan and plot novels have come to grief, and in expensive ways. - Peter Temple
In writing, I'm totally anti-plans of any kind. All my attempts to plan and plot novels have come to grief, and in expensive ways.
I like having a plot, I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning. - Peter Temple
I like having a plot, I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning.
In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture of myself as writing crime… - Peter Temple
In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture of myself as writing crime…
Football makes nonsense of class. It may make nonsense of colour in some circumstances. - Peter Temple
Football makes nonsense of class. It may make nonsense of colour in some circumstances.
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