“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.” ThinkingWorldWellsHelpingGeniusBunchIdiotThink Of You Author: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.” PeopleThinkingLongPoliticalCultureCoursesImpossiblePerspectiveLong TimeFascinatedSecularIgnored Author:Tom Perrotta
“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.” ThinkingWritingBookTermFocusSceneDialogueWriting A Book Author: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 you most bitterly, but up close it can hit you as a bewildering surprise.” PeopleThinkingLifePerfectDistanceSurpriseDisappoint Book:Joe College: A Novel Source: Joe College: A Novel
“Maybe that's what we look for in the people we love, the spark of unhappiness we think we know how to extinguish.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLooksKnow HowUnhappinessSparks Author: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.” ThinkingMadeBookUnderstood Book:Joe College: A Novel Source: Joe College: A Novel
