I keep to a minimum dialect, in-jokes about football (soccer) teams and soap opera characters, so as not to lose North American readers. — Peter Robinson Copy Share Image
“He had been working at the wall for too long. Why he bothered the Lord only knew. After all, it went nowhere and closed in nothing. His grandfather had been a master waller in the dale, but the skill had not been passed down the generations. He supposed he liked is for the same reason he liked fishing: mindless relaxation.… — Peter Robinson Copy Share
The new century will see unimaginable levels of wastefulness and extravagance, but it will also be an age in which the individual human being… — Peter Robinson Copy Share Image
Sometimes during the two-year curriculum, every MBA student ought to hear it clearly stated that numbers, techniques, and analysis are all side matters. What… — Peter Robinson Copy Share Image
I used to write my own versions of famous tales, such as William Tell or Robin Hood, and illustrate them myself, too. When I… — Peter Robinson Copy Share Image
“Christmas fell upon Eastvale like a knife-wielding mugger desperate for a fix ...” — Peter Robinson Copy Share Image
I like newspaper stories that are incomplete, that give me room to imagine the rest. It's no good to me reading about something that's all neatly solved and wrapped up. That's why so many of my stories revolve around human psychology, around why someone commits a certain crime, or series of crimes. I don't profess to know the answers but… — Peter Robinson Copy Share
The Gospel that worked in the 20th Century may not work in the 21st Century. The reason is because it is truncated. It only… — Peter Robinson Copy Share Image
“ANOTHER TWILIGHT Allow the point of the Croccodrillo its hazy cypress trees in profile Like a rough sketch for the Isle of the Dead,… — Peter Robinson Copy Share Image
I think writers have to be able to enjoy solitude rather than just endure it. I've always enjoyed being left alone with my imagination,… — Peter Robinson Copy Share Image