Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience. — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
The characters you refer to as predatory and unsavory are useful. They're the ones who make a novel into a thriller. They're active, and most of the common virtues, the signs of a good person, are not. — 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
