American Quote by Cybill Shepherd

I got to know Gore Vidal quite well, up front and personal: his magnificent strengths and his appalling, almost other-worldly weaknesses.

— Fred Kaplan

I loved Gore Vidal's Burr. That book gave me courage.

— Hilary Mantel

Gore Vidal was a man of immense literary talent, some of which he used well, some of which he wasted.

— Fred Kaplan

I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool.

— Matt Smith

I always want to read Gore Vidal's nonfiction. Because everything he writes is an essay and it's worth reading.

— Frederick Busch

I read Noam Chomsky. I like some of Gore Vidal's stuff.

— John Cusack

The whole book experience was a look into another world, the world of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer.

— Jerry Kramer

Vidal was a novelist, an essayist, a playwright, a screenwriter, and many other things. Buckley started a magazine, hosted a TV show, lead a…

— Morgan Neville

Would it be anything like a literary disaster if Gore Vidal were to fall silent? Easy. No. In fact, there is something to be…

— Lance Morrow

“The matter on which I judge people is their willingness, or ability, to handle contradiction. Thus Paine was better than Burke when it came…

— Christopher Hitchens

My favourite writer is John Maxwell Coetzee.

— Amitava Kumar

I've always liked authors such as Philip K. Dick and Ray Bradbury.

— Bill Pullman