Thomas Perry
Thomas Perry
NationalityGerman
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth28 April 1963
CountryGermany
character voice three
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 to do to further your plot are things that such a person wouldn't, or couldn't, do.
book writing thinking
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.
lying book character
You have very accurately described the difficulty of presenting my books on film: many of my characters are alone most of the time, and when they do talk, what they say is mostly lies. That can make for a pretty confusing film.
way ability comfortable
Being comfortable isn't the way to learn to expand your abilities.
writing listening funny-travel
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 learn more by looking and listening than by working.
patience reading character
Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.
important stories awareness
I do have to earn a living, so I'm conscious of probable reactions from readers, but the most important one is still the awareness that if I'm not enjoying a story, the reader won't either.
dry seasons
I don't have dry seasons, because I don't allow them.
book thinking people
I don't think the problem is that people don't read enough mystery books, but that people don't read.
book interesting long
Tod Goldberg has long been one of the most interesting writers around, and Gangsterland is his biggest and best book so far.
couple vacation shoes
There is no place so benighted and godforsaken that some moron won't go there on vacation. People could be living in an open sewer and swallowing dirt to stop the hunger, and there'd be a couple from Larchmont wearing comfortable shoes there to take pictures of them.
writing ideas news
I do want to write about Jane Whitefield again, but only when I have a good enough idea - something I've figured out about her that's news and that's worth a reader's time.
book reading trying
I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre.
book character evil-characters
I do like to explore evil characters in my books.