"(W)hat I write when I force myself is……" — Tom Wolfe
"(W)hat I write when I force myself is generally just as good as what I write when I'm feeling inspired. It's mainly a matter of forcing yourself to write."
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87 Quotes by Tom Wolfe
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If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's been arrested.
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The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious…
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A cult is a religion with no political power.
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Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.
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Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting.
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I never forget. I never forgive. I can wait. I find it very easy to harbor a grudge. I have…
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The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.
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Even hostile parodies admit from the start that the target has a distinct voice.
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