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
lie sign true
He will lie even when it is inconvenient: the sign of the true artist.
half hopes people voted
Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
people
There are so many things the people who take polls never get around to asking.
The only thing that I react really violently to is being misquoted.
careful sides thorough
He (Donald) is thorough and very careful not to take sides when there's insufficient evidence,
What I like least about myself is my belligerence.
bodies national
In essence, Clinton's Anti-Terrorism Act would set up a national police force, over the long-dead bodies of the founders.
discovery manage obvious state
I like the way you always manage to state the obvious with a sense of real discovery.
based british colonial empire french maintained modern money paris power shifted three
After the French Revolution, the world money power shifted from Paris to London. For three generations, the British maintained an old-fashioned colonial empire, as well as a modern empire based on London's primacy in the money markets.
prisoners unless war
I don't know how prisoners of war are ever heroes unless they escape.
certainly found novel
Certainly 'The Judgment of Paris' was the novel in which I found my own voice.
class generations thirds
I come from the highest class of all. I am a third-generation celebrity.
father magazines time-magazine
I have been on the cover of Time magazine. My father was on the cover of Time, and my grandfather was on the cover of Time.
cancer cutting america
Come to me and show me a small cancer and I'll tell you you've got a small cancer that should be cut out. That's realism but in America it's called cynicism.