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Tom Wolfe quotes: The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That's not true with non-fiction.

The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That's not true with non-fiction.

Tom Wolfe quotes: One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.

One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.

Tom Wolfe quotes: YOU ARE HEREBY EMPOWERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU ARE HEREBY EMPOWERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tom Wolfe quotes: I wrote 'The Painted Word,' about modern art, and was denounced as reactionary. In fact, it is just a history, although a rather loaded one.

I wrote 'The Painted Word,' about modern art, and was denounced as reactionary. In fact, it is just a history, although a rather loaded one.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Most people don't read editorial pages. I think I must have been 40 before I even looked at an editorial page.

Most people don't read editorial pages. I think I must have been 40 before I even looked at an editorial page.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Vulgar, but not as vulgar as Louis Vuitton, thought Sherman.

Vulgar, but not as vulgar as Louis Vuitton, thought Sherman.

Tom Wolfe quotes: You can be denounced from the heavens, and it only makes people interested.

You can be denounced from the heavens, and it only makes people interested.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Miami is a melting pot in which none of the stones melt. They rattle around.

Miami is a melting pot in which none of the stones melt. They rattle around.

Tom Wolfe quotes: If a monkey has become a man - what may not a man become?

If a monkey has become a man - what may not a man become?

Tom Wolfe quotes: We are now in the Me Decade - seeing the upward roll of the third great religious wave in American history.

We are now in the Me Decade - seeing the upward roll of the third great religious wave in American history.

Tom Wolfe quotes: feet - "Charlotte." Someone inside was using her

feet - "Charlotte." Someone inside was using her

Tom Wolfe quotes: If you become indignant, this elevates you to the plane of intellectual.

If you become indignant, this elevates you to the plane of intellectual.

Tom Wolfe quotes: often in The Descent of Man, "my dog" steps forth as major evidence.

often in The Descent of Man, "my dog" steps forth as major evidence.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Art is not eternal.

Art is not eternal.

Tom Wolfe quotes: The road of knowledge leads to the palace of wisdom

The road of knowledge leads to the palace of wisdom

Tom Wolfe quotes: I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

Tom Wolfe quotes: If you label it this, then it can't be that.

If you label it this, then it can't be that.

Tom Wolfe quotes: The press in New York has tended to favor New Society in every period, and to take it seriously, if only because it provides news.

The press in New York has tended to favor New Society in every period, and to take it seriously, if only because it provides news.

Tom Wolfe quotes: A few joints are circulating around, saliva-liva-liva-liva-liva.

A few joints are circulating around, saliva-liva-liva-liva-liva.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Nonfiction is never going to die.

Nonfiction is never going to die.

Tom Wolfe quotes: I think of evolution as a myth, like the Norse myths, the Greek myths - anybody's myths. But it was created for a rational age.

I think of evolution as a myth, like the Norse myths, the Greek myths - anybody's myths. But it was created for a rational age.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Bullshit reigns.

Bullshit reigns.

Tom Wolfe quotes: It was a chorus! A rain of garbage! A Rigoletto from the sewer, from the rancid gullet of the Bronx!

It was a chorus! A rain of garbage! A Rigoletto from the sewer, from the rancid gullet of the Bronx!

Tom Wolfe quotes: I never forget. I never forgive. I can wait. I find it very easy to harbor a grudge. I have scores to settle.

I never forget. I never forgive. I can wait. I find it very easy to harbor a grudge. I have scores to settle.

Tom Wolfe quotes: If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's been arrested.

If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's been arrested.

Tom Wolfe quotes: The sad truth was that the United States had not been reduced to a smoking rubble by the first World War.

The sad truth was that the United States had not been reduced to a smoking rubble by the first World War.

Tom Wolfe quotes: My entire career, in fiction or nonfiction, I have reported and written about people who are not like me.

My entire career, in fiction or nonfiction, I have reported and written about people who are not like me.

Tom Wolfe quotes: 'No Hands' art goes straight back to Warhol. He was the first to use elves.

'No Hands' art goes straight back to Warhol. He was the first to use elves.

Tom Wolfe quotes: he published a manifesto with a title Darwinists have been quoting ever since: "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution."78

he published a manifesto with a title Darwinists have been quoting ever since: "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution."78

Tom Wolfe quotes: It's great to be a part of the greatest jackoff in history.

It's great to be a part of the greatest jackoff in history.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting.

Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Art is a creed, not a craft.

Art is a creed, not a craft.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in Style; in its heart it is part of Society and its traditions.

Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in Style; in its heart it is part of Society and its traditions.

Tom Wolfe quotes: God, newspapers have been making up stories forever. This kind of trifling and fooling around is not a function of the New Journalism.

God, newspapers have been making up stories forever. This kind of trifling and fooling around is not a function of the New Journalism.

Tom Wolfe quotes: It got to be an American custom, like talk shows, Face the Nation, marriage counseling, marathon encounters, or zoning hearings.

It got to be an American custom, like talk shows, Face the Nation, marriage counseling, marathon encounters, or zoning hearings.

Tom Wolfe quotes: I don't think journalists should talk about whom they're voting for.

I don't think journalists should talk about whom they're voting for.

Tom Wolfe quotes: In the 1920s and 1930s they hit upon the bright idea of co-opting genetics and treating it as one of the Theory of Evolution's components. A

In the 1920s and 1930s they hit upon the bright idea of co-opting genetics and treating it as one of the Theory of Evolution's components. A

Tom Wolfe quotes: I've never met an American who wanted to build an empire.

I've never met an American who wanted to build an empire.

Tom Wolfe quotes: If most writers are honest with themselves, this is the difference they want to make: before, they were not noticed; now they are.

If most writers are honest with themselves, this is the difference they want to make: before, they were not noticed; now they are.

Tom Wolfe quotes: There is no motivation higher than being a good writer.

There is no motivation higher than being a good writer.

Tom Wolfe quotes: An intellectual is a person knowledgeable in one field who speaks out only in others.

An intellectual is a person knowledgeable in one field who speaks out only in others.

Tom Wolfe quotes: The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.

Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.

Tom Wolfe quotes: The dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe.

The dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe.

Tom Wolfe quotes: I wrote a number of pieces in the year 1966 that were so bad that, although I'm a great collector of my own pieces, I have never collected them.

I wrote a number of pieces in the year 1966 that were so bad that, although I'm a great collector of my own pieces, I have never collected them.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Television reporters aren't really called reporters. They are called researchers. And that's really all they are.

Television reporters aren't really called reporters. They are called researchers. And that's really all they are.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Everyone is taught the essentials of writing for at least 13 years, maybe more if they go to college. Nobody is taught music or tap dancing that way.

Everyone is taught the essentials of writing for at least 13 years, maybe more if they go to college. Nobody is taught music or tap dancing that way.

Tom Wolfe quotes: We are all of us doomed to spend our lives watching a movie of our lives - we are always acting on what has just finished happening.

We are all of us doomed to spend our lives watching a movie of our lives - we are always acting on what has just finished happening.

Tom Wolfe quotes: You never realize how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes.

You never realize how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Somehow he knew, based on very little experience, that this faux-casual shit spelled money.

Somehow he knew, based on very little experience, that this faux-casual shit spelled money.

Tom Wolfe quotes: 'Back to Blood' really took it out of me. While I was writing it, I just never went out anywhere, except to the gym.

'Back to Blood' really took it out of me. While I was writing it, I just never went out anywhere, except to the gym.

Tom Wolfe quotes: I do novels a bit backward. I look for a situation, a milieu first, and then I wait to see who walks into it.

I do novels a bit backward. I look for a situation, a milieu first, and then I wait to see who walks into it.

Tom Wolfe quotes: This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's slave.

This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's slave.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Put your good where it will do the most!

Put your good where it will do the most!

Tom Wolfe quotes: Everybody is going to be what they are, and whatever they are, there's not going to be anything to apologize about.

Everybody is going to be what they are, and whatever they are, there's not going to be anything to apologize about.

Tom Wolfe quotes: I'm a great believer in outlines.

I'm a great believer in outlines.

Tom Wolfe quotes: I still believe nonfiction is the most important literature to come out of the second half of the 20th century.

I still believe nonfiction is the most important literature to come out of the second half of the 20th century.

Tom Wolfe quotes: And now, in the season of the Radical Chic, the Black Panthers.

And now, in the season of the Radical Chic, the Black Panthers.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Sometimes we don't even realize what we really care about, because we get so distracted by the symbols.

Sometimes we don't even realize what we really care about, because we get so distracted by the symbols.

Tom Wolfe quotes: That's mostly what the Internet is, just passing the time. But unfortunately you are dealing with words that can have meaning.

That's mostly what the Internet is, just passing the time. But unfortunately you are dealing with words that can have meaning.

Tom Wolfe quotes: A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you're weak.

A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you're weak.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Not long after I published my first book, I quickly found I was terrible at being interviewed.

Not long after I published my first book, I quickly found I was terrible at being interviewed.

Tom Wolfe quotes: 'Why' is a question no animal can ask, because both the question and answers require speech. Have you ever seen an animal shrug?

'Why' is a question no animal can ask, because both the question and answers require speech. Have you ever seen an animal shrug?

Tom Wolfe quotes: They were Archer's second set of children an d paragons of contemporary teenage cynicism. They enjoyed setting fire to the tails of tender thoughts.

They were Archer's second set of children an d paragons of contemporary teenage cynicism. They enjoyed setting fire to the tails of tender thoughts.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Everything in everybody's life is ... significant. And everybody is alert, watching for the meanings.

Everything in everybody's life is ... significant. And everybody is alert, watching for the meanings.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Even hostile parodies admit from the start that the target has a distinct voice.

Even hostile parodies admit from the start that the target has a distinct voice.

Tom Wolfe quotes: The first person to refer to Darwin's tales as Just So Stories was a Harvard paleontologist and evolutionist, Stephen Jay Gould, in 1978.61

The first person to refer to Darwin's tales as Just So Stories was a Harvard paleontologist and evolutionist, Stephen Jay Gould, in 1978.61

Tom Wolfe quotes: I found a great many pieces of punctuation and typography lying around dormant when I came along - and I must say I had a good time using them.

I found a great many pieces of punctuation and typography lying around dormant when I came along - and I must say I had a good time using them.

Tom Wolfe quotes: The Yanks always wore neckties that leapt out in front of their shirts, as if to announce the awkwardness to follow.

The Yanks always wore neckties that leapt out in front of their shirts, as if to announce the awkwardness to follow.

Tom Wolfe quotes: On Wall Street he and a few others - how many? three hundred, four hundred, five hundred? had become precisely that ... Masters of the Universe.

On Wall Street he and a few others - how many? three hundred, four hundred, five hundred? had become precisely that ... Masters of the Universe.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Your self ... is other people, all the people you're tied to, and it's only a thread.

Your self ... is other people, all the people you're tied to, and it's only a thread.

Tom Wolfe quotes: Dear Mother,I meant to write you before this and I hope you haven't been worried ... I have met some Beautiful People and ...

Dear Mother,
I meant to write you before this and I hope you haven't been worried ... I have met some Beautiful People and ...

Tom Wolfe quotes: His genius had only begun to flower. This was only journalism, after all, a cup of tea on the way to his eventual triumph as a novelist.

His genius had only begun to flower. This was only journalism, after all, a cup of tea on the way to his eventual triumph as a novelist.

Tom Wolfe quotes: A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.