Will Perry
Will Perry
writing people doe
You start at the end, and then go back and write and go that way. Not everyone does, but I do. Some people just sit down at the page and start off. I start from what happened, including the why.
couple war moving
I was born in London, England, in 1938, a few months before the war, and spent the first years of my life there, although I was evacuated a couple of times for short periods. My schooling was very interrupted, both by frequent moves and by ill health.
challenges stories wwi
I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous.
people may helping
Be aware that you can truly help people only by aiding them to become what they are, not what you are. I have heard you say 'If I were you, I would do this, or that.' 'I' am never 'you'--and my solutions may not be yours.
hurt trying way
We all try to forget what hurts us, it is sometimes the only way we can continue.
war believe loss
The great question, is there anything at all which is worth fighting such a war about, with the devastating loss it will bring? I believe yes, there are some freedoms which to sacrifice would be EVEN worse.
falling-in-love mean thinking
Please don’t think so lightly of liking someone. It’s terribly important. It is a kind of loving, you know, and one that frequently lasts a lot longer than romance. You can fall out of love, as well in. Most of us do, especially if you don’t actually like the person as well. It doesn’t always grow into love by any means, but sometimes it does.
two pages week
I did a complete rewrite of 650 pages in two weeks.
country class different
Americans sometimes say to me that they have no class system themselves. All human beings have class systems. It can be based on a different thing in a different country, but the thing about breeding is, you can't buy it. You can't buy class.
lying cleaners wounds
The truth can be very sharp. But it makes a cleaner wound than lies. It will not fester
believe dark light
I believe in an individual soul which travels through eternity. This life is far from all there is--in fact, it is a minute part, simply an antechamber, a deciding place where we choose the light from the dark, where we come to know what we truly value.
past differences people
I wonder how often in the past I may have missed the good in people because I pre-judged, based on the differences?
dream mind library
A good library can provide the furniture of our minds and the threads from which we weave our dreams.
beauty pain kind
some kinds of beauty did not heal, but hollowed the pain even deeper.