Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson
brought memories stuff time uncle
From the time my uncle was murdered, it brought all that stuff back again. The memories and the loss, the emotion, the tears.
clients talking
I've been talking to a lot of my clients and talking to a lot of legislators.
character means
It means you have to keep up with the science, even if your character still relies on psychology.
finding
I'm still finding things out about him (Banks), and I don't know when that's going to stop.
change efforts letters north publishers readers resist sound
But then I resist efforts by North American publishers to change my language, because if ever they do, I get letters from readers saying: it's set in England, we don't want it to sound American.
allowed democratic held hostage ireland northern people proceed rest
Why should the rest of the people of Northern Ireland be held hostage by the IRA? Why should we not be allowed to proceed with the democratic process?
responsibility ethics environment
Ethics is the new competitive environment
writing years fiction
I used to write my own versions of famous tales, such as William Tell or Robin Hood, and illustrate them myself, too. When I entered my teens, I got more into horror and science fiction and wrote a lot of short stories. A literary education complicated things and for many years I wrote nothing but poetry. Then I got back to story-telling.
reading giving psychology
I like newspaper stories that are incomplete, that give me room to imagine the rest. It's no good to me reading about something that's all neatly solved and wrapped up. That's why so many of my stories revolve around human psychology, around why someone commits a certain crime, or series of crimes. I don't profess to know the answers but I like to explore the possibilities.
creating joy
What is central to business is the joy of creating.
pain regret loss
It's easier to forget the past if nothing ever reminds you of those leathery old scars that can never again feel any loss or pain; the old wounds must be kept open if you are going to remember their cause and regret their occurrence.
ifs
If you like Harlan Coben, you’ll love Linwood Barclay.
age extravagance levels
The new century will see unimaginable levels of wastefulness and extravagance, but it will also be an age in which the individual human being acquires a true and universally recognised value.
soccer football team
I keep to a minimum dialect, in-jokes about football (soccer) teams and soap opera characters, so as not to lose North American readers.