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
superstitions public-opinion prejudice
At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice.
writing thinking paper
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
election-time action language
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action...
issues political historical
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
book ignorance world
How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.
country business writing
Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
love dream littles
Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.
scandinavia deals
We have a great deal to learn from Scandinavia and a great deal to be alarmed at from the Mediterranean.
death moving dying
I’m not sentimental about anything. Life flows by, and you flow with it or you don’t. Move on and move out.
literature genius warhol
Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an I.Q. of 60.
writing born company
Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head.
europe government southern
In Southern Europe, we have, of course, very bad governments.
novelists stories southerner
Southerners make good novelists: they have so many stories because they have so much family.
ice water cold
I’m exactly as I appear. There is no warm, lovable person inside. Beneath my cold exterior, once you break the ice, you find cold water.