9+ Peter Temple Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Peter Temple quotes and sayings.

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 to set it here. — 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 like the young Cary Grant. Film is the medium these writers are looking for. — 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. — Peter Temple

Football makes nonsense of class. It may make nonsense of colour in some circumstances. — 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 novels. I like fairly strong narratives, but it's a way of getting a plot moving. — Peter Temple

I like having a plot, I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning. — Peter Temple

As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the labelling. — 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. — Peter Temple

There's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come along. — Peter Temple