Philip Kerr Quotes
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When I feel I'm repeating myself, I'll probably pack it in. What will undoubtedly happen is I'll write one too many. The important thing is to recognize when you've written too many and stop there.
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After a while, you get tired of being the official Scot and defending everything Scottish.
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I prefer to write books for children instead of reading them. But I do strongly believe in childhood and in respecting childhood innocence. I don't like books for children that deal with adult themes.
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I always try to find a story in the margins of history, but I don't like to do too much that's improbable.
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The most interesting legal philosophy is German, so naturally I went to Germany, particularly to Berlin, quite a bit.
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Publishers just want you to write the same book over and over again. But why would I want to do that? It would be like putting on a threadbare dressing-gown day after day.
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I will say that anyone who supports Scottish independence should go to Athens. Because nothing works. It is a disaster. It is a ruined, dirty place where people do not have money or future prospects. The day one after independence, Scotland would be worse.
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James Bond was an early favourite, although I didn't understand much of it. I read the Bible a lot, too. You might say that this was my favourite, since I seemed to read it so often.
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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.
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When I feel I'm repeating myself, I'll probably pack it in.
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I think the context of an hour-long drama gives breathing space that you don't get in a film.
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I write by hand and then transfer the text onto the computer. I like the process of actually having a pen in my hand. Things flow more easily for me that way.
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I think John le Carre is, at 77, the greatest living writer alive. He is a master craftsman.