Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
There are two things you never turn down: sex and appearing on television. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
People are worse educated than they used to be. Certainly they are not very interested in reading books, as opposed to watching… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Television is a great leveler. You always end up sounding like the people who ask the questions. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
It was a pity that movies and live TV left New York for Hollywood. London theater, movies, television - until (Britain's) money… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Maybe there is no good God. But there is definitely a devil, and his predominant passion is the religion of Protestant fundamentalists.… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to speculate on what we may yet find… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I am a novelist turned temporary adventurer, and I chose to write television, movies and plays for much the same reason that… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I have no television to go on so I get a lot of writing done. That's my substitute for television. — 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
