All Gore Vidal Quotes
- I suspect that one of the reasons we create fiction is to make sex exciting. Create
- I can understand companionship. I can understand bought sex in the afternoon. I cannot understand the love affair. Affair
- Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the Praetorian… Actor
- The hatred Americans have for their own government is pathological ... at one level it is simply thwarted greed: since our religion is making a… Act
- Envy is the central fact of American life. American
- The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country — and we haven't seen them since. Brightest
- Every four years the naive half who vote are encouraged to believe that if we can elect a really nice man or woman President everything… All
- Congress no longer declares war or makes budgets. So that's the end of the constitution as a working machine. Budgets
- When anyone says to me, 'Can you keep a secret?' I say, 'Why should I, if you can't?' Anyone
- You hear all this whining going on, 'Where are our great writers?' The thing I might feel doleful about is: 'Where are the readers?' All
- At a certain age, you have to live near good medical care — if, that is, you're going to continue. You always have the option… Age
- In almost every case (where the United States has fought wars) our overwhelming commitment to freedom, democracy and human rights has required us to support… Almost Every
- I am an obsessive rewriter, doing one draft and then another and another, usually five. In a way, I have nothing to say, but a… Add
- First coffee, then a bowel movement. Then the Muse joins me. Bowel
- To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun. Adjective
- You can improve your talent, but your talent is a given, a mysterious constant. You must make it the best of its kind. Best
- History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true. Gossip
- Celebrities are invariably celebrity-mad, just as liars always believe liars. Always Believe
- I’ve always said, ‘I have nothing to say, only to add.’ And it’s with each addition that the writing gets done. The first draft of… Add
- That famous writer’s block is a myth as far as I’m concerned. I think bad writers must have a great difficulty writing. They don’t want… Ambition