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Say Quotes by Gore Vidal
- When anyone says to me, 'Can you keep a secret?' I say, 'Why should I, if you can't?'
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- It is astonishing to think that millions of people in my time—now, too, I suppose—actually thought that at a given moment in history two human…
- There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.
- My father had a deep and lifelong contempt for politicians in general ("They tell lies," he used to say with wonder, "even when they don't…
- At least when the Emperor Justinian, a sky-god man, decided to outlaw sodomy, he had to come up with a good practical reason, which he…
- I have begun writing what I have said I'd never write, a memoir ("I am not my own subject," I used to say with icy…
- In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are.
- I believe there's something very salutary in, say, beating up a gay-bashing policeman. Preferably one fights through the courts, through the laws, through education, but…
- Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
- It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to be President merely…
- I regard monotheism as the greatest disaster ever to befall the human race. I see no good in Judaism, Christianity, or Islam - good people,…
More Say Quotes
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach
- I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough. — Lance Armstrong
- I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being… — Neil Armstrong
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to… — Darren Aronofsky
- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash