“Brands are useful ways of short-handing practically anything - look at the way Tom Wolfe first used brand name lists to sharpen up a character and a situation. Look at the most brand-referenced novel, Bret Easton Ellis's 'Glamorama.” WayFirstsLooksCharacterUsedNamesSituationNovelListsBrandsTomsBrand Names Author:Peter York
“I cling to the basic set of tenets laid out in Tom Wolfe's 'New Journalism' - to get out there like the great French novelists of the 19th century and study life. I am a Tom Wolfe fan of the first order.” FirstsOrderStudyFansCenturyJournalismNovelistsToms19th CenturyGreat FrenchStudy Life Author:Peter York
“Andrew Luck, if he gets to his first Super Bowl and he wins that Super Bowl, that means he won on the road every game except for that first playoff game. He went and beat Peyton Manning…Then that means he went and beat Tom Brady…Then he would either have to beat Aaron Rodgers or the Seattle Seahawks. That’s a pretty tough hill to climb. If he does that, he’s just solidified himself in that conversation as an elite quarterback.” IfsFirstsMeanDoeGamesWinningConversationBeatsToughLuckHillsClimbsElitesTomsBowlsQuarterbackSuper BowlAndrewSeattlePlayoffsBradyPeytonPlayoff GamesAaron Rodgers Author:Charles Woodson
“Normally you're 21 years old and you look like Tom Cruise and you do a couple underwear commercials first and then you're a movie star. That didn't happen for me. So it was all quite overwhelming.” YearsFirstsLooksHappensStarsCoupleOverwhelmingTomsMovie StarUnderwearCruise Author:Billy Bob Thornton