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> [A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonist's taste in music, or we're told that the hero looks like the young Cary Grant. Film is the medium these writers are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/a-lot-of-crime-fiction-writing-is-also-lazy-personality-is-supposed/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temple/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/a-lot-of-crime-fiction-writing-is-also-lazy-personality-is-supposed-2/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temple/)

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## More by Peter Temple

> [For some men, life seems to be one long attempt to escape childhood and all the fears of childhood. That's what many of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/for-some-men-life-seems-to-be-one-long-attempt-to-escape-childhood/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/i-think-melbourne-is-by-far-and-away-the-most-interesting-place-in/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temple/)

> [I suppose most crime writing is urban. There's not a lot... certainly not in Australia, people don't often set books in the countryside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/i-suppose-most-crime-writing-is-urban-there-s-not-a-lot-certainly-not/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temple/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/the-real-difference-between-literature-and-pulp-is-the-kind-of/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temple/)

> [I like having a plot; I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/i-like-having-a-plot-i-like-characters-with-a-reason-to-get-up-in-the/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temple/)

> [“I said, "Thank you. Go the Saints. Goodbye." Go the Saints; I'd said it. The first time. It felt like...coming out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/i-said-thank-you-go-the-saints-goodbye-go-the-saints-i-d-said-it-the/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temple/)

> [A lot of people like cabinet making; people are intrigued by it. Women in particular like cabinet making. They like it more than men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/a-lot-of-people-like-cabinet-making-people-are-intrigued-by-it-women/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temple/)

> [There's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come along.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/there-s-a-high-point-in-your-career-and-then-people-get-bored-they/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temple/)

> [No book of mine is complete without a dog.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/no-book-of-mine-is-complete-without-a-dog/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/in-writing-i-m-totally-anti-plans-of-any-kind-all-my-attempts-to-plan/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temple/)

> [“Man near entrance is shot in the head at close range from behind. The other two, multiple stab wounds, genitals severed, other injuries. Also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/man-near-entrance-is-shot-in-the-head-at-close-range-from-behind-the/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temple/)

> [Football makes nonsense of class. It may make nonsense of colour in some circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/football-makes-nonsense-of-class-it-may-make-nonsense-of-colour-in/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/in-everything-i-ve-written-the-crime-has-always-just-been-an-occasion/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temple/)

> [A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonist's taste in music, or we're told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/a-lot-of-crime-fiction-writing-is-also-lazy-personality-is-supposed/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-temple/a-lot-of-crime-fiction-writing-is-also-lazy-personality-is-supposed-2/)

[Peter Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-temple/)

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