There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working. — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
If you'll think about various series you've read, can you think of any instance in which, say, the tenth volume of the series is notably better than the first nine? I can't. — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
You have very accurately described the difficulty of presenting my books on film: many of my characters are alone most of the time, and… — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
“I love you' is what people say when they have run out of words and can't say anything else. It is like reaching out… — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing… — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the Village Explainer. — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
“The women sang the Ohgiwe and danced together as the grandmothers had, for the brave, and the unselfish, for the protectors.” — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
Once you have invented a character with three dimensions and a voice, you begin to realize that some of the things you'd like him… — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice. — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it. — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can… — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a… — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
Tod Goldberg has long been one of the most interesting writers around, and Gangsterland is his biggest and best book so far. — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
