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Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome. ↗

— Anne Perry

#been #conventions #deal #excellent #extraordinarily

I don't care what people say about my relationship; I don't care what they say about my boobs. People are buying my songs; I have a sold-out tour. I'm getting incredible feedback from my music. ↗

— Katy Perry

#boobs #buying #care #feedback #getting

I want to sell out arenas and sell millions of records. ↗

— Katy Perry

#i #millions #out #records #sell

My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere. ↗

— Katy Perry

#anywhere #church #dad #family #functions

Oh, I will always be honest with my music. The records are black boxes for me. Like if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I hate, my convictions, my anthems. I've never let people's opinions affect the way I write. ↗

— Katy Perry

#always #am #black #boxes #convictions

The press is just not your friend when it comes to a marriage. That's why we didn't sell the pictures of our wedding, and we got offered millions of dollars for them, millions. ↗

— Katy Perry

#comes #dollars #friend #got #just

But of course, now we're told we're in recovery but this sure doesn't feel like a recovery to more than 9 percent of the Americans out there who are unemployed, or the 16 percent of the African-Americans, 11 percent of Hispanics in the same position, or the millions who can only find part-time work or those who have even stopped looking for a job. ↗

— Rick Perry

#even #feel #find #hispanics #job

But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a justification for his actions that is convincing to him. It's fun to give these people voices. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#actions #character #commonplace #convincing #each

I do have to earn a living, so I'm conscious of probable reactions from readers, but the most important one is still the awareness that if I'm not enjoying a story, the reader won't either. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#conscious #earn #either #enjoying #i

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. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#character #dimensions #further #him #invented