Author: Philip Kerr

Quotes

I always try to find a story in the margins of history, but I don't like to do too much that's improbable.

I always try to find a story in the margins of history, but I don't like to do too much that's improbable.

- Philip Kerr

I was a member of Corstorphine Library in Edinburgh, and every Friday night, my parents took me there to borrow books. I also used to spend nearly all my pocket money on books.

I was a member of Corstorphine Library in Edinburgh, and every Friday night, my parents took me there to borrow books. I also used to spend nearly all my pocket money on books.

- Philip Kerr

The mark of a writer is to make a story as likely as possible, and I've done my best to deliver authentic atmosphere.

The mark of a writer is to make a story as likely as possible, and I've done my best to deliver authentic atmosphere.

- Philip Kerr

I think the context of an hour-long drama gives breathing space that you don't get in a film.

I think the context of an hour-long drama gives breathing space that you don't get in a film.

- Philip Kerr

History asks us to imagine ourselves in a period, but it's a very different situation when you're in that period and faced with those situations.

History asks us to imagine ourselves in a period, but it's a very different situation when you're in that period and faced with those situations.

- Philip Kerr

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