Football makes nonsense of class. It may make nonsense of colour in some circumstances. Peter Temple circumstanceclasscolour Change image and share on social
The real difference between literature and pulp is the kind of emotional responses they elicit. Dan Brown can't pierce your heart. Patricia Cornwell can't make you read a sentence twice and then look sightlessly out of the window. Peter Temple browncornwelldan share on social
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 crimefairlyhave share on social
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 antiattemptexpensive Change image and share on social
