I have been reading crime books ever since I was a child, but I had never tried to write one. Kerry Greenwood More Quotes by Kerry Greenwood More Quotes From Kerry Greenwood If I ever saw my muse she would be an old woman with a tight bun and spectacles poking me in the middle of the back and growling, "Wake up and write the book! Kerry Greenwood bunswritingbook I have a theory that kitchens, once they reach a certain level of complexity, attract new gadgets into their orbit, like planets. Only this can account for the fact that I own two melon ballers. Kerry Greenwood orbitkitchentwo There are good sailors. Well, some good sailors. In a way they are ideal as husbands. They drop in every six months for a wild celebration, then they drop out again before one gets bored with their company or annoyed with by their habits. Kerry Greenwood boredannoyedhusband I'm concealing a lot of things. That's what a lady does. Kerry Greenwood concealingdoe And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said-and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. Kerry Greenwood angelgriefwise The stories from World War I are worse than anything I have ever read. Kerry Greenwood world-war-ianythingwarworld I fell in love with words in all languages, and I read everything I could find, particularly myths and legends and histories and archeology and any novels. Kerry Greenwood wordsfindlegendslove You need a crime, a detective, and the solution. Kerry Greenwood solutionneedyoucrime 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 eyessomeoneproblemlife I have to write three books a year to make a reasonable living out of writing - unless, of course, she gets a major American film deal. Phryne has been optioned since the very first book, but to make a historical TV movie, it costs $30,000 a day extra for the historical detail to be correct, so most people aren't doing it. Kerry Greenwood daywritingbookpeople I've always been in love with Melbourne. When I was 12, I was taken into the city by my grandmother to go to the ballet for the first time. Kerry Greenwood citygotimelove 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 womani-canserioushero I used to tell my three younger siblings stories because that was my household chore, and I told long stories in installments because it was easier and more fun than making up a new story every night. I loved it. Kerry Greenwood lovedfunnightlong Unanswered questions make my head itch. Kerry Greenwood itchheadmakequestions I went to a basic school, which had children from all corners of the world, and met my best friend and had to learn Greek because she didn't speak English. Kerry Greenwood bestchildrenworldschool Clothes were terribly important in the '20s. They really were an arbiter of who you were and how much money you had: an indicator of social status. Kerry Greenwood youclothesmoneyimportant My work is very carefully researched. Sometimes I have to ditch an idea because I can't prove it. Kerry Greenwood becauseproveworksometimes I didn't want to write a grown-up account of Gallipoli. I wanted to find out what would happen if I looked at Gallipoli through the eyes of an innocent. Kerry Greenwood findeyesinnocentwant If you look at the map, there's Thrace, Greece, Bulgaria, and there's tiny Gallipoli. It is such a small part of the whole peninsula, and yet you only hear about this little tiny bit. Kerry Greenwood onlysmalllookyou 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 thinkyouwarway
