I deny that there's such a thing as a gay person. I deny there's such a thing as a heterosexual person. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The word heterosexual is an adjective, the word homosexual is an adjective. They describe an activity. Of course there's a homosexual activity;… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Actually, there is no such thing as a homosexual person, any more than there is such a thing as a heterosexual person.… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
From the age of 1 to 6 there is a small percentage that is exclusively homosexual, a small percentage heterosexual and there's… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
To hear two American men congratulating each other on being heterosexual is one of the most chilling experiences - and unique to… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“[T]here is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share
Many people in the United States happen to believe that United States policy is wrong in Vietnam and the Vietcong are correct in wanting… — Gore Vidal Copy Share
“It is curious how little interested we are in the sexual desires of those who do not attract us.” — Gore Vidal Copy Share
This separation was absolute in our original Republic. But the sky-godders do not give up easily. In the 1950s they actually got the phrase… — Gore Vidal Copy Share
The oligarchs think that the people are both dangerous and stupid. Their point is moot. But we do know that the oligarchs are a… — Gore Vidal Copy Share
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying… — Gore Vidal Copy Share
Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the… — Gore Vidal Copy Share
History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true. — Gore Vidal Copy Share
The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with… — Gore Vidal Copy Share
Sex is a continuum. You go through different phases along life's way... and if you don't, you've been sort of cheated. — Gore Vidal Copy Share
All I want is that Americans still be able to read the alphabet in a hundred years. I am not very ambitious. — Gore Vidal Copy Share
I do not admire 'the people,' as such. No one really does. Their folk wisdom is usually false, their instincts predatory. Even their sense… — Gore Vidal Copy Share
“One of the problems of a society as tightly controlled as ours is that we get so little information about what those of our… — Gore Vidal Copy Share
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