31. Jung developed a friendship with the Pulitzer Prize winning author Herman Wouk in which they corresponded about Orthodoxy. 32. Buffett is involved in a stage adaptation of Wouk 's 1965 novel Don't Stop the Carnival. 33. Wouk has never operated like a " commercial " author; his works follow no proven formula.34. The Prius became available in the U . S . as a 2001 model, and Wouk leased one. 35. Among his favorite authors are Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, Herman Wouk , and George Orwell. 36. Not only did Buffett persuade Wouk of the project's viability, he suddenly found himself with a collaborator. 37. Although known for his fiction, Wouk originally wrote jokes for " The Fred Allen Comedy Show ." 38. At the gate of Herman Wouk 's house you'll see a sign that warns of guard dogs. 39. So Wouk , concerned the book itself won't be preserved, has invited a reporter inside his home. 40. Wouk began writing his first novel, Aurora Dawn, while the " Zane " was at Tulagi.