Thomas Perry

I don't think the problem is that people don't read enough mystery books, but that people don't read. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#enough #i #mystery #people #problem

I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#been #eighth #eighth grade #fiction #grade

Being comfortable isn't the way to learn to expand your abilities. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#comfortable #expand #learn #way #your

I think we did a great job of putting together a program that would have made good e-books available had people been buying e-books in any real numbers. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#available #been #buying #did #good

If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some sight, or even just a list of ideas. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#character #description #down #even #going

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

#any #better #first #i #instance

It was a lot of fun, and writing a series is comfortable. It's almost like having a secure job. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#comfortable #fun #having #job #like

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 it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#book #chattering #fiction #i #i think

Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#huge #life #luck #much

Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#chastity #could #delayed #dull #experience