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'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 have actual dreams of Bruce Springsteen calling me up on stage to wear a bandanna and play rhythm guitar next to Little Steven.

I have actual dreams of Bruce Springsteen calling me up on stage to wear a bandanna and play rhythm guitar next to Little Steven.

- 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 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

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

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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