“Almost every officer is going to put their life on the line at some point in their career.” Quote by Peter James
“I get asked to read new works a lot, in the hope that I will give a quotation and I will only give a 'puff' for a book I truly love.” GivingBookQuotationsPuffNew Work Author:Peter James
“I think the police are a major part of the glue that holds civilised life together. They're not highly paid.” ThinkingTogetherMajorsPaidPoliceGlueCivilisedLife Together Author:Peter James
“Music is an important part of my writing process.” WritingImportantProcessMusic IsWriting Process Author:Peter James
“There are people who can achieve huge success in life, while adding a bit of fun and a splash of colour to this increasingly grey world.” PeopleWorldFunBitsAchieveHugeColourSuccess In LifeGrey Author:Peter James
“A news junkie, I read, daily, the 'Times/Sunday Times,' the 'Guardian/Observer,' 'Mail,' and the 'Argus' - both to keep up with crime in Brighton, where I set my novels, and because I think it is vital to support local papers - they provide a unique accountability for councils, emergency services and so much else, and are dangerously undervalued.” ThinkingSupportNovelCrimePaperNewsUniqueLocalsSundayAccountabilityMailPapersObserversEmergenciesCouncilGuardianJunkieUndervaluedBrightonEmergency Services Author:Peter James
“I travel abroad constantly on book promotion and research, and the Internet is invaluable to me for accessing U.K. news in places such as America, which most of the time hasn't heard of England.” BookAmericaHeardInternetNewsResearchEnglandPromotionInvaluableTravel Abroad Author:Peter James
“My day starts with Radio 4's Today live or 'listen again' wherever I am in the world, thanks to digital radio - I even have an app on my iPhone that receives it.” WorldTodayRadioThanksDigitalIphoneApps Author:Peter James
“There's a really classic cliche every time you switch the TV on - you see cops arguing. I have spent a day a week for many years in the presence of police and I have never seen them argue. It's a military hierarchy. They do what they're told. There's no bickering.” YearsWeekMilitaryTvsPoliceArguingClassicCopHierarchyClicheBickering Author:Peter James
“If modernist naturalism were true, there would be no objective truth outside of science. In that case right and wrong would be a matter of cultural preference, or political power, and the power already available to modernists ideologies would be overwhelming.” IfsMatterWould BePoliticalCasesAvailableObjectivesIdeologyOverwhelmingPreferencePolitical PowerNaturalismObjective Truth Author:Phillip E. Johnson