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
people political fifty
Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent.
party political democracy
What is a political party but a conspiracy?
rome political actors
Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the Praetorian Guard ruled.
country political my-family
My family helped start [this country], we've been in political life ... since the 1690s, and I have a very possessive sense about this country.
issues political historical
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
men presidential political
By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over.
failure envy political
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
people political voting
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
people political genius
Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.
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.
next sam script worked
During the late '50s, I had worked on the script of Ben-Hur in an office next to that of the producer Sam Zimbalist.
fourteen
Between fourteen and nineteen, I must have begun and abandoned six novels.
debated democratic eager label ran run seriously suspicious whether
Temperamentally, I am suspicious of belonging to anything. When I ran for office, I debated seriously whether or not to run as an independent because I was not eager to be saddled with the Democratic Party, because any party label is committing.