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
class generations thirds
I come from the highest class of all. I am a third-generation celebrity.
class police criminals
We must always remember that the police are recruited from the criminal classes.
class majority problem
As Brooks Adams put it, the sole problem of our ruling class is whether to coerce or to bribe the powerless majority.
class difficult deals
Class is the most difficult subject for American writers to deal with as it is the most difficult for the English to avoid.
writing thinking class
I find in most novels no imagination at all. They seem to think the highest form of the novel is to write about marriage, because that's the most important thing there is for middle-class people.
children class doctors
Most writers are middle-class and are the children of doctors or lawyers.
sex class british
The British are absolutely hung up on class, and whenever they start to really - class for the English is like sex for Americans: They start to shake all over when the subject comes up.
father class people
When you come from a family that has been political, and I was brought up by my grandfather in the Senate, my father was in Roosevelt's Cabinet, this is not the class that produces writers or reflective people.
class people reform
No reform ever came from the bottom, and it was always people who understood how the ruling class worked who turned out to be the reformers.
government class people
The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
country class people
You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.
capital classical death hour offense speculate
In classical times, it was a capital offense to speculate upon the hour of a king's death or upon the identity of his successor.
american-novelist andy genius
Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an I.Q. of 60.
betrays night wedding
Each youth betrays considerable anxiety about the wedding night ahead.