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
past gossip long
Everybody likes a bit of gossip to some point, as long as it's gossip with some point to it. That's why I like history. History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.
might whining doleful
You hear all this whining going on, 'Where are our great writers?' The thing I might feel doleful about is: 'Where are the readers?'
age care medical
At a certain age, you have to live near good medical care — if, that is, you're going to continue. You always have the option of not continuing, which, I fear, is sometimes nobler.
love-is two fans
Love is a fan club with only two fans.
savages
Vitriolic really is personal. I am vitriolic. I am savage.
gay lgbt-pride clerks
The important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.
writing thinking advice
Write what you know will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect!
kansas prejudice insult
He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices.
morning writing yellow
I write in the morning at a table, longhand on yellow legal pads, just like Nixon, when I’m doing fiction.
done united-states savages
I am savage about what has been done to the United States by its rulers.
writing interesting way
The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes.
silly atheism christianity
Christianity is such a silly religion.
witty sex powerful
I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
parallel-lives mines parallels
We've had parallel lives. And frankly, I prefer mine to his. I would not like to be George Bush.