“In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion...” — Peter Temple Quote

“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 as writing crime novels. I like fairly strong narratives, but it's a way of getting a plot moving.”

“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 make you read a sentence twice and then look sightlessly out of the window.”

“As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the labelling.”

“No 10 is the job I want: in the middle of things, moving the ball forward.”

“When you've been Bayern for so long and it's your second home, moving away from here is not easy.”

“If you like to run and the guys can't run, you don't run. If you like power, and you have guys that can't hit it out of the park, then you start moving guys around.”