Books Quote by Peter Mayle

Very little happens in my books.

— Peter Mayle

I have a very set routine. I work six days a week, but only half days. I work from 9 in the morning till…

— Peter Mayle

“Beh oui. Better sticky than burned.”

— Peter Mayle

I am a great believer in people taking control of their own lives.

— Peter Mayle

Nowadays, if you have a journey, albeit a simple one, you consider yourself lucky if nothing happens.

— Peter Mayle

No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food.

— Peter Mayle

The day when a Frenchman switches from the formality of vous to the familiarity of tu is a day to be taken seriously. It…

— Peter Mayle

“Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever he looks.…

— Peter Mayle

“We had been here often before as tourists, desperate for our annual ration of two or three weeks of true heat and sharp light.…

— Peter Mayle

Day after day we looked for rain, and day after day we saw nothing but the sun. Lavender that we had planted in the…

— Peter Mayle

“Only snobs kiss once, I was told, or those unfortunates who suffer from congenital froideur. I then saw what I assumed to be the…

— Peter Mayle

“He then expounded a remarkable theory, which had occurred to him while he was playing the clarinet during one of the power cuts that…

— Peter Mayle