Tom Wolfe Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

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

“The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“There is no motivation higher than being a good writer.”