55 Quotes by Thomas Perry

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.

I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre.

All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice.

Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry.

I do hope to bring Jane Whitefield back before too long.

I don't consciously do anything to maintain a unique voice.

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

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

I held a variety of jobs - most notably ten years working in universities - and kept on writing.