“Nobody becomes Tom Wolfe overnight, not even Tom Wolfe.”
William Zinsser (1922–2015) writer, editor, journalist, literary critic, professor
Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 4, Style, p. 20.
"The Ghost of Tom Joad"
Song lyrics, The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
“Nobody becomes Tom Wolfe overnight, not even Tom Wolfe.”
William Zinsser (1922–2015) writer, editor, journalist, literary critic, professor
Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 4, Style, p. 20.
George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
Really. You never see a memo that says 9:01.
Occupation: Foole (1973)
Source: Carlin, George, perf. Occupation: Foole. Rec. 02 Mar 1973. Monte Kay, Jack Lewis, 1973. Vinyl recording.
Lewis H. Lapham (1935) American journalist
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 7, Descent Into The Mirror, p. 181
“Down there we know, the streets we know, but up here? Nobody's been here.”
David Belle (1973) French actor
—TFI a French channel http://youtube.com/watch?v=cBapQdXxGKg
Jimmy Buffett (1946) American singer–songwriter and businessman
Margaritaville
Song lyrics, Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (1977)
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American baseball player, manager, coach
Al Abrams, from "Sidelight on Sports: A New One on Yogi" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kpJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1705%2C4055373 in The Pittsburgh Press (Monday, September 15, 1952), p. 20.
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 12 “Springfield” (p. 250).
“Nobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can't always be in the fast lane.”
Haruki Murakami book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running