“I think Melbourne is by far and away the most interesting place in Aus...” — Peter Temple Quote

“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.”

“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 that the hero looks like the young Cary Grant. Film is the medium these writers are looking for.”

“There's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come along.”

“The people of Australia would be staggered to learn that Australia has no national development plan.”

“Australia is about as far away as you can get. I like that.”

“I was born in Cairns, Queensland. Then my parents and I moved to Sydney. We moved to New Wales. We moved around Australia. I was just really close to my parents, and actually, we moved around a lot when I was very young. I think it played a big part in making me the shy teenager that I was.”