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
axes believe comedic drama good grinding prefer prose sharper writer
Primarily, I am a prose writer with axes to grind, and the theatre is a good place to do the grinding in. I prefer comedy to 'serious' drama because I believe one can get the ax sharper on the comedic stone.
ability articulate drama human talent
A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to articulate human relationships.
drama writing genius
A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is ability to articulate human relationships.
drama self has-beens
The true confessors have been aware that not only is life mostly failure, but that in one's failure or pettiness or wrongness exists the living drama of the self.
eliminate
Why not just eliminate the federal income tax?
government hard mention needed people perennial religion task
To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy.
fourteen
Between fourteen and nineteen, I must have begun and abandoned six novels.
tim tiny
Every generation gets the Tiny Tim it deserves.
country
Every country should have at least one King Farouk.
favorite follow sports
Baseball is the favorite American sport because it's so slow. Any idiot can follow it. And just about any idiot can play it.
cannot deprive happiness life pursuit somebody
You cannot deprive somebody of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, because that is a right - constitutional right.
unless
I don't even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.
mccain
McCain is significant in the sense that he has no significance at all on any subject.
campaign eager fill goes hopes might nearly
Nearly everyone who goes into a campaign is not only eager for the place he hopes to fill but for what might come after.