Am Quote by Peter Temple Download Open image “As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the labelling.” — Peter Temple ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Am As far as Books Can do Concerned Far I am I write Novel Novels Other People Write Writing
Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are. — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
Oh, I love labels, as long as they are numerous. I'm an American writer. I'm a Nigerian writer. I'm a Nigerian American writer. I'm… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Oh, I love labels, as long as they are numerous. I'm an American writer. I'm a Nigerian writer. I'm a Nigerian American writer. I'm… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Writers aren't born properly labeled so it is hard to know one when one appears. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“One of the things I love about labeling myself as an author is that I can read books and call it "researching writing styles."… — Mike Mankoff Copy Share Image
I don't really consider myself a writer, but I am writing so I guess I'm a writer. — Meital Dohan Copy Share Image
People often need to describe things quickly and so they use a shorthand. The problem is that after they use a label, they begin… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read. — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels — Guillermo Cabrera Infante 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
I don't own designer clothes, or a sports car, or a huge house, but I am seeing the world, experiencing amazing things, and I… — Roz Savage Copy Share Image
I think I am against stereotype. Generally, Asian guys are more quiet - they study and have a good work ethic. Generally, I have… — Bobby Lee Copy Share Image
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
I am confident when I take the penalty otherwise I would pass for somebody else. — Bruno Fernandes Copy Share Image
I am on sabbatical as of right now, been too busy to think of about my OWN needs as of late. — Jim Diamond Copy Share Image
I am strongly opposed to any form of amnesty, including, especially, executive amnesty. — Steve Scalise Copy Share Image
I am no different from a lot of people. I am concerned for the future of my children and concerned for the future of… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else. — Joe Torre Copy Share Image
