When I was writing The Abstinence Teacher, I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture. – Tom Perrotta
Ive been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade. – Tom Perrotta
I dont really distinguish between sympathy and honesty when Im writing. The two go together – Im interested in inhabiting my characters, seeing the world through their eyes. – 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 love. – Tom Perrotta
Im very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and its one of the great things about making movies is its a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your characters costume and what that might tell about your character. – Jeff Bridges