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Thomas Perry

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

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

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"I do like to explore evil characters in my books."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry."
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"Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the Village Explainer."
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