Not interested Quote by Thomas Perry Download Open image “All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice.” — Thomas Perry ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Not interested Style Voice Writing
You might be able to mimic other styles but what's important is that you are true to who you are. You have to find… — Lesley Sharp Copy Share Image
Most fiction writers are driven to find their own 'voice,' but I am more interested in the voices of others. — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
You try to go with something that's familiar to people and that way they can jump on board with what you're trying to do… — Kenan Thompson Copy Share Image
I think all writers have a style, a particular voice and rhythm that you have to find. — Sarah Lancashire Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a writer where all the characters sound the same. There's a facility in that kind of writing. — Richard LaGravenese Copy Share Image
It's too easy to unconsciously echo another novelist's voice while reading fiction, a habit of mimicry I probably picked up as a musician. — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
Every writer has his own voice. Other than that I'm always trying to do change-ups and publishers haven't always been happy about that. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Never hesitate to imitate another writer - every person learning a craft or an art needs models. Eventually you'll find your own voice and… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
If you want anybody to have a different voice, you really have to visualize and hear the voices of all these people. Sometimes when… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
My preferred style is to write in first person, so I always have to play around with possible narrator voices until I find something… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I have a particular style of writing and my voice sounds a particular way, which lends itself to a certain style. — Brooke Fraser 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
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
At the drop of a hat, people will say there are no roles for women after 40. It's there with a bunch of other… — Lesley Nicol Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I'm 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that's what… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
J.D. cleared his throat and pushed the button on the intercom. “Uh, Payton, hi. It’s J.D.” Dead silence. Then another crackle. “Sorry. Not interested.”… — Julie James Copy Share Image
I'm just not interested in getting judged or getting people to love me. Being seen and taking my photo and having to follow this… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria... — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I was not interested in films, but I was forced to act when I was just 14 or 15 years old. Now, I feel that that was not the right age to enter films. One should at least be 21 to enter the industry. — Sangeetha Krish Copy Share
I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I know that there are many things I could do, but I'm not interested. It's more important to be loving and to have a… — Veruschka von Lehndorff Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in writing for adults. I like them as people! I don't like the way they publish books in that world. Nothing… — John Green Copy Share Image