I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.

Wouk often refers to his journals to check dates and facts in his writing and he was hesitant to let the originals out of his personal possession. His family was Jewish and had emigrated from Russia. The result was a publiHerman Woukr's contract sent to Wouk's ship then off the coast of Okinawa.

: /ˈwoʊk/; born May 27 1915) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author whose novels include The Caine Mutiny The Winds of War and War and Remembrance. His brother Victor Wouk (1919–2005) was an electrical engineer a pioneer in the development of electric and hybrid vehicles.