Author: Tom Perrotta

Quotes

When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture.

When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture.

- Tom Perrotta

I read 'The Great Gatsby' in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the irrevocability of lost love.

I read 'The Great Gatsby' in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the irrevocability of lost love.

- Tom Perrotta

It just so happened that for most of my life I've lived in the suburbs.

It just so happened that for most of my life I've lived in the suburbs.

- Tom Perrotta

I don't really distinguish between sympathy and honesty when I'm writing. The two go together - I'm interested in inhabiting my characters, seeing the world through their eyes.

I don't really distinguish between sympathy and honesty when I'm writing. The two go together - I'm interested in inhabiting my characters, seeing the world through their eyes.

- Tom Perrotta

I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.

I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.

- Tom Perrotta

I no longer believe that just about everything is funny, if viewed from the proper angle.

I no longer believe that just about everything is funny, if viewed from the proper angle.

- Tom Perrotta

I really wanted to be a musician, but it turned out I had no sense of time.

I really wanted to be a musician, but it turned out I had no sense of time.

- Tom Perrotta

My novels are certainly more exciting than my own life.

My novels are certainly more exciting than my own life.

- Tom Perrotta

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