I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place. Gore Vidal Read Quote
Having no contemporaries left means you cannot say, ‘Well, so-and-so will like this,’ which you do when you’re younger. You realize there is no so-and-so anymore. You are your own so-and-so. There is a bleak side to it. Gore Vidal Read Quote
You hear all this whining going on, ‘Where are our great writers?’ The thing I might feel doleful about is: Where are the readers? Gore Vidal Read Quote
The truth about Pearl Harbour is obscured to this day. But it has been much studied. Gore Vidal Read Quote
Americans have no idea of the extent of their government’s mischief… the number of military strikes we have made unprovoked, against other countries, since 1947 is more than 250. Gore Vidal Read Quote
Nearly everyone who goes into a campaign is not only eager for the place he hopes to fill but for what might come after. Gore Vidal Read Quote
If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various forces you need to harness to get elected. Gore Vidal Read Quote
