That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers. – Gore Vidal
In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think youre a great writer, you must say that you are. – Gore Vidal
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests. – Gore Vidal
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. – Gore Vidal