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.
Peter JamesThe crime genre's always been regarded very well by the literary end of the book world, whereas horror, although it had that spell in the late eighties, by and large, it's sort of ghetto-ized, and considered to be exploited literature.
Peter JamesThere's a difference between what I call a dumb ghost and a smart ghost. The smart ghost is Hamlet's father - you know, he says, "Get revenge, my son!" That's incredibly rare. It's much more the grey lady in the same place everyday, moving across the floor.
Peter JamesI think the police are a major part of the glue that holds civilised life together. They're not highly paid.
Peter James