Author: Peter Carey

Quotes

One has to be able to twist and change and distort characters, play with them like clay, so everything fits together. Real people don't permit you to do that.

One has to be able to twist and change and distort characters, play with them like clay, so everything fits together. Real people don't permit you to do that.

- Peter Carey

I don't think you have the right to shout about other people's private life.

I don't think you have the right to shout about other people's private life.

- Peter Carey

Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.

Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.

- Peter Carey

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.

- Peter Carey

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