Author: Kerry Greenwood

Quotes

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.

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

My work is very carefully researched. Sometimes I have to ditch an idea because I can't prove it.

My work is very carefully researched. Sometimes I have to ditch an idea because I can't prove it.

- Kerry Greenwood

I remember talking to John Mortimer, and he said he was relying on Rumpole to keep him in his old age; well, I'm doing the same with Phryne - she's my mainstay.

I remember talking to John Mortimer, and he said he was relying on Rumpole to keep him in his old age; well, I'm doing the same with Phryne - she's my mainstay.

- Kerry Greenwood

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.

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

The stories from World War I are worse than anything I have ever read.

The stories from World War I are worse than anything I have ever read.

- Kerry Greenwood

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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