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Tom Wolfe quotes

American Journalist, Writer March 2, 1931

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It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved. Tom Wolfe
He Who Would Live Forever had done an instantaneous back-of-the-envelope calculation and decided that the vicinity of the Chevrolet Suburban was a better strategic alternative than anyplace anywhere near that whitish sandy road above which a gigantic terror-chattering rattlesnake now thrashed in the grip of his boss gone berserk. Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe quote: "I still believe nonfiction is the most important literature to..."
I still believe nonfiction is the most important literature to come out of the second half of the 20th century. Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe quote: "My entire career, in fiction or nonfiction, I have reported..."
My entire career, in fiction or nonfiction, I have reported and written about people who are not like me. Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe quote: "You never realise how much of your background is sewn into the..."
You never realise how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes. Tom Wolfe
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
Tom Wolfe quote: "You can be denounced from the heavens, and it only makes..."
You can be denounced from the heavens, and it only makes people interested. Tom Wolfe
Everything was becoming allegorical, understood by the group mind, and especially this: "You're either on the bus...or off the bus. Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe quote: "YOU ARE HEREBY EMPOWERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
YOU ARE HEREBY EMPOWERED!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe quote: "Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't..."
Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting. Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe quote: "Everybody is going to be what they are, and whatever they are,..."
Everybody is going to be what they are, and whatever they are, there's not going to be anything to apologize about. Tom Wolfe
It's like a boulder rolling down a hill - you can watch it and talk about it and scream and say Shit! but you can't stop it. It's just a question of where it's going to go. Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe quote: "Nonfiction is never going to die."
Nonfiction is never going to die. Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe quote: "The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That's not..."
The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That's not true with non-fiction. Tom Wolfe
At the outset, at least, all three groups had something else to recommend them, as well: They were headquartered 3,000 miles away from the East Side of Manhattan. Tom Wolfe

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