As a writer, you rely on whatever makes you up as a person, whether those things are twisted and nasty or otherwise. Philip Kerr Read Quote
After a while, you get tired of being the official Scot and defending everything Scottish. Philip Kerr Read Quote
Sport crosses party lines and ethnic lines. It occupies a greater realm, and it’s all the more disappointing when sports figures turn out to be like everyone else. Philip Kerr Read Quote
I really wanted to write the way Kubrick makes films – ‘Strangelove,’ ‘2001’, ‘Clockwork Orange’, ‘Barry Lyndon’ – they’re all so different. Philip Kerr Read Quote
History asks us to imagine ourselves in a period, but it’s a very different situation when you’re in that period and faced with those situations. Philip Kerr Read Quote
I was a member of Corstorphine Library in Edinburgh, and every Friday night, my parents took me there to borrow books. I also used to spend nearly all my pocket money on books. Philip Kerr Read Quote
A lot of crime writing suffers from treading water. I feel an obligation to move the character on and not repeat myself. I try to fit him into a different period and a different agenda. That way, you learn slightly more about his personal history in the tradition of the unreliable narrator. It makes it more challenging to write. Philip Kerr Read Quote
