Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidalwas an American writerand a public intellectual known for his patrician manner, epigrammatic wit, and polished style of writing...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth3 October 1925
CityWest Point, NY
CountryUnited States of America
believe trying politician
One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says.
space astronomy astronaut
Astronauts: rotarians in outer space.
people arrogant overwhelmed
Since I ought to be arrogant, impressed with my social position, overwhelmed by my beauty, therefore I am. Actually I was never my own type so I completely missed my beauty all through my youth. I have no social position and I stay away from what is known as society as much as possible. But people like to re-invent you, according to cliché.
vices explanation
The American vice is explanation.
ideas ironic conspiracy
It is ironic that a nation that has never experienced a coup d'etat should be so obsessed with the idea of conspiracy.
environmental civilisation emissions
CO₂ emissions anywhere threaten civilisation everywhere.
people stores
People like to re-invent you, according to cliché. There are a lot of stores about me that really apply only to Capote or Mailer or somebody else. Everything is a mish mash.
men law century
It never occurred to any Enlightenment figure in the eighteenth century that law was not preferable to man.
writing thinking imagine
Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect!
people want enough
Private lives should be no business of the State. The State is bad enough as it is. It cannot educate or medicate or feed the people; it cannot do anything but kill the people. No State like that do we want prying into our private lives.
evil greed mind
To justify and extol human greed and egotism is to my mind not only immoral, but evil.
stuff conspiracy unspeakable
Apparently, 'conspiracy stuff' is now shorthand for unspeakable truth.
order years europe
When the white race broke out of Europe 500 years ago, it did many astounding things all over the globe. Inspired by a raging sky-god, the whites were able to pretend that their conquests were in order to bring the One God to everyone, particularly those with older and subtler religions.
people age narcissistic
Age bothers everybody. I was never narcissistic about my looks, but people thought that I should be so therefore I was.