I did a lot of reading of the Bible and became fascinated with the idea of the Rapture. It's pretty wild. I hadn't heard of it until I was in college.
Tom PerrottaNothing 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 PerrottaOnce you'd broken through that invisible barrier that separates one person from another, you were connected forever, whether you liked it or not.
Tom PerrottaWhen I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture.
Tom Perrotta