Quotes by Tom Bissell

“A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to.”

“In the emergency of growing up, we all need heroes. But the father I grew up with was no hero to me, not then. He was too wounded in the head, too endlessly and terribly sad. Too funny, too explosi...”

“I could imagine a hot day. I could imagine a number of curious people spontaneously following a young man of great wisdom, a young man rumored to wield power over the mysterious afflictions they sa...”

“We are no longer worried that children are missing school because of video games, though. We are worried that they are murdering their classmates because of video games.”

“An artist can respect the backfield of fact before which every human being stands and choose not to address those facts.”

“I think the highest purpose of fiction is to show that all people are fundamentally worthy of mercy.”

“Reading gives one something to think about other than one's self.”

“Most non-readers are nothing but an agglomeration of third-hand opinion and blindly received wisdom. ”

“Of that time, there is still much we do not know.”

“And so, my beloved Kermit, my dear little Hussein, at the moment America changed forever, your father was wandering an ICBM-denuded watseland, nervously monitoring his radiation level, armed only w...”

“Fun is not the same thing as fulfillment. ”

“Sport-based video games occupy an odd space within the sphere of modern home entertainment. Reliably enjoyed by millions, the sport-based video game stands at what sometimes feels like an oblique a...”

“Fun is not the same thing as fulfillment.”