"The demolition derby is, pure and simple, a form of gladiatorial combat for our times."

“Hoyt began moving his lips as if he were trying to suck the ice cream off the top of a cone without using his teeth. She tried to make her lips move in sync with his. The next thing she knew, Hoyt had put his hand sort of under her thigh and hoisted her leg up over his thigh. What was she to do? Was this the point she should say, “Stop!”? No, she shouldn’t put it that way. It would be much cooler to say, “No, Hoyt,” in an even voice, the way you would talk to a dog that insists on begging at the table.”

“A sect, incidentally, is a religion with no political power.”

“National Review 100 Best Non Fiction Books 20th century”

“TOM WOLFE'S STEAMY PORTRAIT OF COLLEGE LIFE: an interview about 'I Am Charlotte Simmons' " in BookPage”

“Tom Wolfe, The Art of Fiction No. 123" by George Plimpton, in The Paris Review”

“National Review: "The Word According to Tom Wolfe": Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, and Episode 5”