"When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture."
-Tom Perrotta
TeacherView Quote
"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
posted in Sympathy
Other Quotes by Tom Perrotta
Discover more inspiring quotes by Tom Perrotta
"I think I'm fascinated by the power of religion in our culture. Like a lot of secular, liberal people, I ignored it for a long time. Lately, of course, just from a political perspective, it's impossible to ignore."
-Tom Perrotta
ReligionView Quote
"I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade."
-Tom Perrotta
ReligionView Quote
"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
DreamsView Quote
"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
BeautyView Quote
"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
BestView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness."
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
SympathyView Quote
"There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery."
-Dante Alighieri
SympathyView Quote
"Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people."
-Arthur Schopenhauer
SympathyView Quote
"Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce."
-P. J. O'Rourke
SympathyView Quote
"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength."
-Corrie Ten Boom
SympathyView Quote
"There is no grief like the grief that does not speak."
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
SympathyView Quote