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
fallen hands history
American history has fallen more and more into the hands of academics.
ability articulate drama human talent
A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to articulate human relationships.
best
An important governorship used to be the best springboard for would-be presidents.
brought phrase whatever
As for my support for Obama, remember that I was brought up in Washington. It was an all-black city when I was a kid. And I've always been very pro-African-American - or whatever phrase we now use.
As a schoolboy, I read most of Carl Sandburg's six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln.
Actually, I can't remember when I was not writing.
life stories
After adolescence, if one's life is sufficiently interesting, the desire to tell oneself stories diminishes.
abuse allowed although freedom money morals order paradox private public society
It is a paradox of the acquisitive society in which we now live that although private morals are regulated by law, the entrepreneur is allowed considerable freedom to use - and abuse - the public in order to make money.
instinct rid
I think there is an instinct out there to rid us of our masters.
blacks communist count despised east islamic jews result
Jews, blacks and homosexuals are despised by the Christian and Communist majorities of East and West. Also, as a result of the invention of Israel, Jews can now count on the hatred of the Islamic world.
hold point unless
God, no. Unless you hold office, there's no point in being there.
blowing case cause country great knew negligence night ownership pay people
The ownership of this country has usually been pretty shrewd. They knew what they wanted. They don't want to pay taxes, certainly. They don't want people blowing them up in the night like 9/11. And if there ever was great cause for impeachment it would be over 9/11. Never been a case of negligence like that.
west
Remember, I'm West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
served veteran war
For the record, I'm a Second World War veteran and served in the Pacific.