When I went to high school, my most passionate desire was to be a professional baseball player. But something within me told me that was not going to happen. Tom Wolfe baseballdesirehappen Change image and share on social
My father was the editor of an agricultural magazine called 'The Southern Planter.' He didn't think of himself as a writer. He was a scientist, an agronomist, but I thought of him as a writer because I'd seen him working at his desk. I just assumed that I was going to do that, that I was going to be a writer. Tom Wolfe agriculturalagronomistassume share on social
Television reporters aren't really called reporters. They are called researchers. And that's really all they are. Tom Wolfe callreporterresearcher Change image and share on social
This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's slave. Tom Wolfe artistbeautyeternity Change image and share on social
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 differencehonestmake Change image and share on social
We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we're in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past. Tom Wolfe 30thactago Change image and share on social
Once you have speech, you don't have to wait for natural selection! If you want more strength, you build a stealth bomber; if you don't like bacteria, you invent penicillin; if you want to communicate faster, you invent the Internet. Once speech evolved, all of human life changed. Tom Wolfe bacteriumbomberbuild share on social
'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 backbloodgym Change image and share on social
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 000eastgroup Change image and share on social
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! Tom Wolfe connoteexaggerationfoible Change image and share on social