--- title: "13 You Quotes By Tom Wolfe" description: "13 You quotes by Tom Wolfe. Plus more from Tom Wolfe and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/tom-wolfe-2191_animal_why-is-a-question-no-animal-can-ask-beca_3023032.jpg" --- > ['Why' is a question no animal can ask, because both the question and answers require speech. Have you ever seen an animal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/why-is-a-question-no-animal-can-ask-because-both-the-question-and/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/tom-wolfe-2191_animal_why-is-a-question-no-animal-can-ask-beca_3023032.jpg) > [You never realise how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/you-never-realise-how-much-of-your-background-is-sewn-into-the-lining/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/tom-wolfe-2191_background_you-never-realise-how-much-of-your-backg_379624.jpg) > [That's mostly what the Internet is, just passing the time. But unfortunately you are dealing with words that can have meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/that-s-mostly-what-the-internet-is-just-passing-the-time-but/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e9/tom-wolfe-2191_dealing_that-s-mostly-what-the-internet-is-just_85686.jpg) > [It's not just that reporting gives you a bigger slice of life, gives - lends verisimilitude to what you are doing -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/it-s-not-just-that-reporting-gives-you-a-bigger-slice-of-life-gives/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/tom-wolfe-2191_bigger_it-s-not-just-that-reporting-gives-you-a_991281.jpg) > [The newspaper is, in fact, very bad for one's prose style. That's why I gravitated towards feature stories where you get a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/the-newspaper-is-in-fact-very-bad-for-one-s-prose-style-that-s-why-i/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ec/tom-wolfe-2191_bad_the-newspaper-is-in-fact-very-bad-for-on_818434.jpg) > [It helps to know from a very early age what you want to do. From the time I was five years old,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/it-helps-to-know-from-a-very-early-age-what-you-want-to-do-from-the/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/tom-wolfe-2191_age_it-helps-to-know-from-a-very-early-age-w_1515820.jpg) > [Working on newspapers, you're writing to a certain length, often very brief pieces; you tend to look for easy forms of humor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/working-on-newspapers-you-re-writing-to-a-certain-length-often-very/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/tom-wolfe-2191_about_working-on-newspapers-you-re-writing-to_909632.jpg) > [If I had my choice, I would be writing by typewriter. I worked on newspapers for 10 years. I typed with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/if-i-had-my-choice-i-would-be-writing-by-typewriter-i-worked-on/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17a/tom-wolfe-2191_back_if-i-had-my-choice-i-would-be-writing-by_414668.jpg) > [I have never knowingly, I swear to God, written satire. The word connotes exaggeration of the foibles of mankind. To me, mankind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/i-have-never-knowingly-i-swear-to-god-written-satire-the-word/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/tom-wolfe-2191_exaggeration_i-have-never-knowingly-i-swear-to-god-wr_2885545.jpg) > [I hate stories in which a person has an occupation and you never see him working at it, like all those marvelous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/i-hate-stories-in-which-a-person-has-an-occupation-and-you-never-see/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/tom-wolfe-2191_career_i-hate-stories-in-which-a-person-has-an_493508.jpg) > [American government is like a train on a track. You have the people on the left shouting; you have the people on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/american-government-is-like-a-train-on-a-track-you-have-the-people-on/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/tom-wolfe-2191_ahead_american-government-is-like-a-train-on-a_2748824.jpg) > [To me, novels are a trip of discovery, and you discover things that you don't know and you assume that many of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/to-me-novels-are-a-trip-of-discovery-and-you-discover-things-that-you/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e83/tom-wolfe-2191_assume_to-me-novels-are-a-trip-of-discovery-and_699362.jpg) > [Once you have speech, you don't have to wait for natural selection! If you want more strength, you build a stealth bomber;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/once-you-have-speech-you-don-t-have-to-wait-for-natural-selection-if/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/tom-wolfe-2191_bacteria_once-you-have-speech-you-don-t-have-to-w_1200948.jpg) ## Other authors on You ## More by Tom Wolfe > [“Well … things are beginning to stack up a little,” said Gordo. It was the same old sod-hut drawl. He sounded like the airline…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/well-things-are-beginning-to-stack-up-a-little-said-gordo-it-was-the/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) > [“Everything in everybody’s life is … significant. And everybody is alert, watching for the meanings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/everything-in-everybody-s-life-is-significant-and-everybody-is-alert/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) > ['Back to Blood' really took it out of me. While I was writing it, I just never went out anywhere, except to the gym.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/back-to-blood-really-took-it-out-of-me-while-i-was-writing-it-i-just/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) > [In the U.S., the term 'general aviation' means its exact opposite, the way 'public school' does in England. An English public school is private…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/in-the-u-s-the-term-general-aviation-means-its-exact-opposite-the-way/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) > [That's mostly what the Internet is, just passing the time. But unfortunately you are dealing with words that can have meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/that-s-mostly-what-the-internet-is-just-passing-the-time-but/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) > [“The dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/the-dark-night-of-fascism-is-always-descending-in-the-united-states/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) > [“Loneliness wasn't just a state of mind, was it? It was tactile. She could feel it. It was a sixth sense, not in some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/loneliness-wasn-t-just-a-state-of-mind-was-it-it-was-tactile-she/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) > [it is either make this thing permanent inside of you or forever just climb draggled up into the conning tower every time for one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/it-is-either-make-this-thing-permanent-inside-of-you-or-forever-just/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) > [I found a great many pieces of punctuation and typography lying around dormant when I came along - and I must say I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/i-found-a-great-many-pieces-of-punctuation-and-typography-lying/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) > [“They became desperate for an antidote, such as coziness & color. They tried to bury the obligatory white sofas under Thai-silk throw pillows of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/they-became-desperate-for-an-antidote-such-as-coziness-color-they/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) > [A cult is a religion with no political power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/a-cult-is-a-religion-with-no-political-power/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) > [I don't think journalists should talk about whom they're voting for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/i-don-t-think-journalists-should-talk-about-whom-they-re-voting-for/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) > [Even hostile parodies admit from the start that the target has a distinct voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/even-hostile-parodies-admit-from-the-start-that-the-target-has-a/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) > [I had always looked down on sociology as this arriviste discipline. It didn't have the noble history of English and history as a subject.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/i-had-always-looked-down-on-sociology-as-this-arriviste-discipline-it/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) > [I read somewhere that writers, as they get older, become more and more perfectionist. Which may be because they think more highly of themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/i-read-somewhere-that-writers-as-they-get-older-become-more-and-more/) [Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/tom-wolfe/#itemlist", "name": "13 You Quotes By Tom Wolfe", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'Why' is a question no animal can ask, because both the question and answers require speech. 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