The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yoghurt.
John MortimerWhat obsesses a writer starting out on a lifetime's work is the panic-stricken search for a voice of his own.
John MortimerIt is desperately important to remember when enough is enough, when you've finished the scene.
John MortimerAll the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.
John MortimerI found criminal clients easy and matrimonial clients hard. Matrimonial clients hate each other so much and use their children to hurt each other in beastly ways. Murderers have usually killed the one person in the world that was bugging them and they're usually quite peaceful and agreeable.
John Mortimer