Art Quote by Edward Abbey
““Vonnegut is one of America's basic artists, a true and worthy heir to the grand tradition of Thoreau, Whitman, Twain, Dreiser, Traven, Tom Wolfe (the real Tom Wolfe, I mean) and Steinbeck. In other words, he writes out of a concern for justice, love, honesty, and hope.””
![“[Tom] Wolfe's books offered a whole new world to step into, and whilst at times you could accuse him of being somewhat long-winded, he had an incredible quality of prose and a bravery of writing from the heart. He believed in being autobiographical at all times.” quote by Jude Law](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/740/jude-law-8582_all-time_tom-wolfe-s-books-offered-a-whole-new-wo_2759553.jpg)
![“[Kurt] Vonnegut was a writer whose great gift was that he always seemed to be talking directly to you. He wasn't writing, he wasn't showing off, he was just telling you, nobody else, what it was like, what it was all about. That intimacy made him beloved. We can admire the art of John Updike or…” quote by Michael Dirda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/beb/michael-dirda-3414_admire_kurt-vonnegut-was-a-writer-whose-great-g_2525625.jpg)
![“I hadn't read or heard a lot about [Tom] Wolfe until I read this script, and in that way I think it was really clever to write a piece about him instead of Max Perkins,[Ernest] Hemingway, [John] Fitzgerald, or others that people have strong opinions of already.” quote by Jude Law](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d74/jude-law-8582_clever_i-hadn-t-read-or-heard-a-lot-about-tom-w_2674225.jpg)
![“…[Thomas Wolfe] says that we are the sum of all the moments of our lives, and that, uh, anybody who sits down to write is gonna use the clay of their own life, that you can’t avoid that.” quote by Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c11/richard-linklater-2192_clay_thomas-wolfe-says-that-we-are-the-sum-of_2746288.jpg)
