“As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the ...” — Peter Temple Quote

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

“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.”

“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 are doing.”

“Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.”

“The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law.”

“I wrote my first five horror novels while I was teaching.”