I was an English major in college, I went to a creative-writing program, and all my life, I really read and thought about fiction as a craft and an art form. I feel like I know a lot about it, and can trust my instincts.
After all, what was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another? Most people just fell in line like obedient little children, doing… - Tom Perrotta
After all, what was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another? Most people just fell in line like obedient little children, doing…
- Tom Perrotta
They both seemed to understand that describing it was beyond their powers, the gratitude that spreads through your body when a burden gets lifted, an… - Tom Perrotta
They both seemed to understand that describing it was beyond their powers, the gratitude that spreads through your body when a burden gets lifted, an…
Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control. - Tom Perrotta
Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control.
He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood. - Tom Perrotta
He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood.
Once you'd broken through that invisible barrier that separates one person from another, you were connected forever, whether you liked it or not. - Tom Perrotta
Once you'd broken through that invisible barrier that separates one person from another, you were connected forever, whether you liked it or not.
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 lo… - 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 lo…
When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots. - Tom Perrotta
When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots.
From a distance, it makes perfect sense that the people and the things you think will save you are the very ones that have the power to disappoint yo… - Tom Perrotta
From a distance, it makes perfect sense that the people and the things you think will save you are the very ones that have the power to disappoint yo…
It's not the cheating. It's the hunger for an alternative. The refusal to accept unhappiness. - Tom Perrotta
It's not the cheating. It's the hunger for an alternative. The refusal to accept unhappiness.
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