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> [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/)

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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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