Tom Perrotta Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I'm used to adapting my novels for feature film - it can be challenging to cut and compress three or four hundred pages into two hours of dramatic action.”

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

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

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

“I used to describe myself as a comic novelist, but my concerns seem to have darkened over the past few years.”

“I was a garbage man in New Jersey in summers during college at Yale. Everybody else got to go to Switzerland and I got to go to the dump.”

“I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.'”

“I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban experiences.”

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