Quotes from Thomas Perry

Alcohol makes you less inhibited.' I said, 'I'm not inhibited, I just don't like you enough to want to do anything with you.' I guess alcohol makes you more honest too.

Marriages are fragile. When you boil off all the nonsense, what they amount to is a promise.

he said. But he also

she sprayed the inside of the car with the fire extinguisher and tossed it on the floor in the back seat, left the keys in the ignition, and walked away. "What was that for?" asked Pete. "The spray is just carbon dioxide. It'll be gone in a little while, but so will the fingerprints. If somebody traces the plates, they'll have a problem because the car's not registered in Colorado. It might buy us some time to make them trace it in other states.

repetition. Things

Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.

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

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

Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the Village Explainer.

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.