“I held a variety of jobs - most notably ten years working in universit...” — Thomas Perry Quote

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

“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.”

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

“As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.”

“When I came up, guys like Nicholson and DeNiro were held in highest regard.”

“I refuse to be held up as some kind of superwoman because, in my mind, the superwomen are the ones who do it on their own. I have my partner, who will be a stay-at-home father. I will do as much as I can, but I will have a village around me, and there's lots of people who don't have that.”