Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Since there is no system of public education, the great majority of my fellow citizens is frighteningly ignorant. They have no idea… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Nonprofit status is what created the Bible Belt. The tax code brought religion back to this country. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I said, well, it's a very primitive country, the United States, and it's full of superstitions, which come out of a very… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Every four years the naive half who vote are encouraged to believe that if we can elect a really nice man or… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The Americans are clever. They thoroughly understand things that have to do with money, war, death, sickness. And there is also a… — 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 Image
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 Image
“It is curious how little interested we are in the sexual desires of those who do not attract us.” — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
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 Image
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
