![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.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-hadnt-read-or-heard-a-lot-about-tom-wolfe-until-i-read-this-script-and-in-t.jpg)
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