Micah Perks Quotes

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

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

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

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 support.

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

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 take food out of a child's mouth.

It is radical for a woman to choose to survive and to choose to eat anything.

When I was in college, I had a friend who was an artist and her theory was that all the best art in the world is funny/sad. That was her favorite genre. Funny/sad are probably my two favorite tones.

I've always been a teaser, even as a kid.

Don't you think almost anything can be funny? Almost anything.

You can hurt people's feelings if you laugh.

No one really wants to be laughed at.

I don't make fun of my characters. I just like to laugh and I think people are funny and the world is funny.

The "we" voice is rare, and the communal impulse of the "we" is interesting to me.

I laugh when I'm writing. I feel like all my work is funny to me.