Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. – Gore Vidal
It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true. – Gore Vidal
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. – Gore Vidal
That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers. – Gore Vidal
At an incredibly divisive point in pop history, Donna Summer managed to create an undeniable across-the-board experience of mass pleasure – after Bad Girls, nobody ever tried claiming disco sucked again. It set the template for what Michael Jackson would do a few months later with Off The Wall. – Rob Sheffield