Tom Perrotta Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• I'm not sure that it's possible to write a novel about people who don't transgress or stumble, people who don't surprise themselves with the things they do, people who can explain all their actions with perfect logical consistency. At least it's not possible for me to write that sort of novel.

  Tom Perrotta

  Writing, People, Perfect

  "The Exchange: Tom Perrotta" by Sarah Larson, www.newyorker.com. September 21, 2011.

• The interesting part about the writing process is that you can never see all the way to the end, not if something is happening over the course of a year and a half, or two years.

  Tom Perrotta

  Writing, Years, Two

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. November 7, 2007.

• 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

  Writing, Expression, Directors

• I think I was always writing books that had very clear scenic structures. I do tend to write in scenes. I do tend to have a fair amount of dialogue. And I do tend to use stories that don't sprawl all over the place, that have a very sharp focus in terms of how they unfold in time.

  Tom Perrotta

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

• As for writing about temptation, there's no drama without temptation, and no novel without drama.

  Tom Perrotta

  Drama, Writing, Temptation

• 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

  Sympathy, Honesty, Eye

• 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.

  Tom Perrotta

  Growing Up, Writing, School

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

  Tom Perrotta

  Teacher, Writing, Culture

  "The Exchange: Tom Perrotta" by Sarah Larson, www.newyorker.com. September 21, 2011.

• I was writing very early, like I was involved in our high school literary magazine, which was called 'Pariah.' The football team was the Bears, and the literary magazine was 'Pariah.' It was great. It was definitely a real sub-culture. But I wrote stories for them.

  Tom Perrotta

  Football, Real, Team

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