I didn't bother with television myself because it consisted largely of windmills, puppets and pottery wheels, interspersed with elderly men smoking pipes while they discussed Harold Macmillan in Old Etonian accents. Christopher Fowler accentbotherconsist share on social
For me, imagination would always provide a means of escape. Christopher Fowler escapeimaginationmean Change image and share on social
There's a melancholy sense of things lost in the shabbier British seaside towns; of comfortable failure and better times long gone. Christopher Fowler britishcomfortablefailure Change image and share on social
Too many new writers dress up old cliches. Christopher Fowler clichedresswriter Change image and share on social
The queen of crime, Agatha Christie, was always more concerned about the clockwork cleverness of the plot, never the investigator. Christopher Fowler agathachristiecleverness Change image and share on social
My father Bill had a problem with Christmas. Although he appears in old photographs to possess a whippy, muscular frame, he was actually a frail man and usually managed to cause some kind of drama just before the festivities began. Christopher Fowler appearbeginbill share on social
My father worked in a scientific lab where he designed and built glass instruments. He was regarded as brilliant at his job and once constructed a human brain in glass just to show off his skills. Christopher Fowler brainbrilliantbuild Change image and share on social
I've always loved what I'd term 'dark fiction' writers, everyone from J. G. Ballard to Mervyn Peake and Philip Pullman. I'm not sure it's a genre, but it's what I like best. Christopher Fowler ballarddarkfiction Change image and share on social