My natural tendency is to fall in love with language and character and setting, and kind of forget about pacing. Narrative tension doesn't come natur…

- Micah Perks

In general, I think every novel is a political novel, in that every novel is an argument about how the world works, who has power, who has a voice, w…

- Micah Perks

Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry. They are not supposed to feed themselves or care about their own food. They're definitely not supposed to t…

- Micah Perks

I think someone who writes a ghost story probably needs to believe it in some way.

- Micah Perks

There are so many people who write really interesting work and try super hard and still don't get published.

- Micah Perks

I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with that.

- Micah Perks

It's really difficult to know what is the best way forward when you're not getting a lot of support - and probably most writers aren't getting enough…

- Micah Perks

I'm really interested in the United States, what it means to be American - maybe because my father's an immigrant and my grandparents were immigrants…

- Micah Perks

I love ghost stories, I love to read them, and I love the idea of being haunted.

- Micah Perks