“It's still incredibly hard. Not just honing my craft but kicking down ...” — Benjamin Percy Quote

“It's still incredibly hard. Not just honing my craft but kicking down doors, getting my work published. Early on, I could have wallpapered my house with all the rejection letters sent my way. I put thousands of hours and pages into four novels that never saw the light of day.”

“I don't flinch from darkness, but I've always been bothered by what I call gore-nography.”

“I can write ten or twelve screenplays in the time it takes me to write one novel. This allows me to offload all of my stories. But it's also not as creatively fulfilling.”

“You can work really hard on your physicality, on your craft, on the films you do. You can choose the best of directors, the best of productions, get the best technicians, you can put your entire body and soul into the making of a film, but at the end of the day, it all depends on the mood of that one audience member that goes into that theater.”

“I want to be known for my performances and doing my craft well, not for funny stuff I post on Twitter or whatever.”

“Art can't be taught; passion can't be taught; discipline can't be taught; but craft can be taught. And writing is both an art and a craft.”