“The more characters you have, the bigger the book, the more flaming chain saws.” — Benjamin Percy Book Copy Share Image
“A-B-D-C-E structure of a story, an acronym for Action-Background-Development-Conflict-Ending.” — Benjamin Percy War Copy Share Image
“The girl remains on the ground. He looks at her and she looks at him and the air feels at once static… — Benjamin Percy Shapeshifters Copy Share Image
I wanted it to be as multi-windowed as possible, so that the reader felt like they were seeing all the different ways… — Benjamin Percy Bigs Copy Share Image
“When you let the camera linger, when you crowd a scene with details, you are announcing that everything is important, and if… — Benjamin Percy Photography Copy Share Image
Writing is an act of empathy. You are occupying and understanding a point of view that might be alien to your own--and… — Benjamin Percy Aliens Copy Share Image
“Maybe Virginia Woolf thought about going to the lighthouse, but I doubt she ever got there, or the novel might have ended… — Benjamin Percy Woolf Copy Share Image
You can't teach talent, but you can teach people how to read strenuously and mimic the moves of rock-star writers so that… — Benjamin Percy Moving Copy Share Image
The High Divide, a novel about a family in peril, is haunting and tense but leavened by considerable warmth and humanity. Lin… — Benjamin Percy Books Copy Share Image
“Plagues don't just kill people—and that's what lobos is, a plague—they kill humanity.” — Benjamin Percy Copy Share Image
