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 Copy Share Image
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… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
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… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
I think Melbourne is by far and away the most interesting place in Australia, and I thought if I ever wrote a novel or… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
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. — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
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… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
I like having a plot; I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning. — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
“I said, "Thank you. Go the Saints. Goodbye." Go the Saints; I'd said it. The first time. It felt like...coming out.” — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
A lot of people like cabinet making; people are intrigued by it. Women in particular like cabinet making. They like it more than men… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
There's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come along. — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Man near entrance is shot in the head at close range from behind. The other two, multiple stab wounds, genitals severed, other injuries. Also… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
Football makes nonsense of class. It may make nonsense of colour in some circumstances. — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
