Tom Wolfe Quotes

How wonderful it was to sit on a set with Norman Mailer and get to know him.

If you're going to be related to someone it might as well be Dickens.

My mother is home. Your mother is your home. Everybody is a momma's boy or a momma's girl. That's where we came from, from a woman's womb.

It may be that Tolstoy and Virginia Woolf were sitting around fretting about their Amazon reviews or their pre-pub whatever, but I kind of doubt it. I don't think that's how the work probably got made.

There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind.

I have copies of the books my grandfather illustrated for Scribner's in each house. I read those books all the time.

Every writer secretly hopes that what he or she has written will endure.

I always loved being in London and being near my parents.

In 1970, somebody once asked me whether I thought my books would still be around in 40 years, and I thought, 'How would I know, and why would I care?' Well, it turns out I really do care.

I thought my father was biggest, tallest, smartest, handsomest man in the world, so if he was telling me something, I was taking it really seriously.

I'm never more encouraged than to hear someone talk about how eerie it is that I move like my father.

I think like my dad, but I have a huge kinship with my mom.

Born in the Village. My mom still lives on Bleeker Street. I went to the performing arts high school.

I want to leave behind a literary legacy.

It's where you're from - it's your roots - and that's why I like to get back to Nacogdoches in the offseason and hang out with my family. To me, it keeps me grounded and reminds me of how far I've come.

I grew up reading Updike. I remember being alarmed to find that he had published short stories by the time he was 22. I think 'Pigeon Feathers' was the first collection of stories I read. Only much later did I discover his non-fiction reviewing and art criticism.

When your Dad was the creator of 'Moby Dick' you kind of steer clear of getting compared in a solo-ing aspect.

I have tried to create bonds with my daughters like my dad created with me.

My parents eventually moved back to Brazil, so since then, it has been me and my wife, although they are always involved.

It's always nice to be around family.

I am much closer to the Butler side of the family, which is on mother's side, from where I get my middle name. My parents divorced when I was seven, and I remember as a kid always being fascinated by my full name.

I was completely dumbfounded because not only am I a huge fan of David Simon, but I'm a huge fan of Philip Roth.

One of the great pleasures of reading Tom Wolfe - of still reading Tom Wolfe - is the sense of awe he consistently inspires.

I love my mother to death. I'm pretty much a reflection of her.

I have a lot of surrogate parents, but there's no one like your mother.