I’m a duty solicitor, so I can’t fix someone’s life; all I can do is fix the problem I’ve got in front of my eyes. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
There’s something magical about the idea that you can write something down and someone else can read it. I’m still mildly agog about that. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
I decided that if I want to write about a female hero in the 1920s, I’m going to have to give her all the advantages I can because she has serious disadvantages in being a woman. I wasn’t going to have her cowed or overawed by class, so she had to be titled. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
I research every possible bit of information I can find. Then I use about a tenth of it. But I have to know all the information first; otherwise, I’m not going to convince myself, and if I can’t convince myself, then I’m not going to convince the reader. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
As a child, I would demand that visitors to our house tell me a story. I was intensely interested in everything – still am. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
My work is very carefully researched. Sometimes I have to ditch an idea because I can’t prove it. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
I was determined to become a criminal lawyer and help look after the poor. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
I think it is rather heroic to go into a war zone where everyone is trying to kill you, and you have no way of shooting back. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote
I remember talking to John Mortimer, and he said he was relying on Rumpole to keep him in his old age; well, I’m doing the same with Phryne – she’s my mainstay. Kerry Greenwood Read Quote