I love ghost stories, I love to read them, and I love the idea of being haunted. — Micah Perks Ghost Copy Share Image
It is radical for a woman to choose to survive and to choose to eat anything. — Micah Perks Radical Copy Share Image
There are so many people who write really interesting work and try super hard and still don't get published. — Micah Perks Hard Copy Share Image
I don't make fun of my characters. I just like to laugh and I think people are funny and the world is… — Micah Perks Character Copy Share Image
Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry. They are not supposed to feed themselves or care about their own food. They're… — Micah Perks Care Copy Share Image
I know books that are really good and writers that are really good and they have become oppressed and ground down from… — Micah Perks Book Copy Share Image
My natural tendency is to fall in love with language and character and setting, and kind of forget about pacing. Narrative tension… — Micah Perks Character Copy Share Image
I laugh when I'm writing. I feel like all my work is funny to me. — Micah Perks Feels Copy Share Image
In general, I think every novel is a political novel, in that every novel is an argument about how the world works,… — Micah Perks Argument Copy Share Image
When the kids were growing up, I think they thought the worst thing about me being a mom is that I would… — Micah Perks Being a mom Copy Share Image
I think someone who writes a ghost story probably needs to believe it in some way. — Micah Perks Believe Copy Share Image
I'm really interested in the United States, what it means to be American - maybe because my father's an immigrant and my… — Micah Perks First time Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I had a friend who was an artist and her theory was that all the best art… — Micah Perks All the best Copy Share Image
Writers like Twain, Whitman, Dickinson, Melville, Louise Erdrich, Toni Morrison, Russell Banks, Carolyn Chute, Alice Walker, so many others that I read… — Micah Perks American writer Copy Share Image
The "we" voice is rare, and the communal impulse of the "we" is interesting to me. — Micah Perks Impulse Copy Share Image
It's really difficult to know what is the best way forward when you're not getting a lot of support - and probably… — Micah Perks Best way Copy Share Image
I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with… — Micah Perks Agents Copy Share Image
