- Frequently wore double-breasted white suits and silk ties, even when interviewing gang members and criminals: "I found early in the game that for me there's no use trying to blend in. I might as well be the village information-gatherer, the man from Mars who simply wants to know. Fortunately the world is full of people with information-compulsion who want to tell you their stories".
- Lived in New York City.
- Two children: daughter, Alexandra (born in 1980); son, Tommy (full name - Thomas Kennerly Wolfe III).
- Graduated from Washington and Lee University.
- Counted Charles Dickens and Émile Zola among his literary heroes.
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