232 Quotes by Tom Wolfe

There is no motivation higher than being a good writer.

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

So many people in this country have a dual loyalty. They have loyalty to America, but they also are determined to have their parade up Fifth Avenue once a year... a Cuban parade or a Puerto Rican parade - many other countries. So they really don't forget.

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

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

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

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 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 have never knowingly, I swear to God, written satire. The word connotes exaggeration of the foibles of mankind. To me, mankind just has foibles. You don't have to push it!