“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.” WorldWritingTwoCharacterEyeTogetherSeeingHonestySympathySeeing The World Author:Tom Perrotta
“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.” TwoActionFilmUsedThreeHoursChallengesNovelFourCuttingPagesHundredFeaturesDramaticAdapting Author:Tom Perrotta
“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.” IfsWayWritingYearsTwoEndsCoursesProcessInterestingHalfHappeningsTwo YearsWriting Process Author:Tom Perrotta
“She told her therapist it reminded her of coming home the summer after her freshman year at Rutgers, stepping back into the warm bath of family and friends, loving it for a week or two, and then feeling trapped, dying to return to school, missing her roommates and her cute new boyfriend, the classes and the parties and the giggly talks before bed, understanding for the first time that that was her real life now, that this, despite everything she'd ever loved about it, was finished for good.” YearsFirstsTwoRealFeelingsHomeSchoolUnderstandingPartyClassWeekDyingMissingReturnBedSummerFirst TimeWarmFinishedReal LifeDespiteCuteComing HomeTrappedFamily And FriendsBathsTherapistsLoving LifeFreshmanRoommateFreshman YearStepping BackNew BoyfriendMissing HerRutgers Author:Tom Perrotta
