Front Quote by Fred Kaplan

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

— Fred Kaplan

Gore Vidal has been a friend of mine for years, and he's one of the greatest writers in American history.

— Cybill Shepherd

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

— Hilary Mantel

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

— Matt Smith

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

— John Cusack

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

“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

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

As well as being a creative genius, Vidal Sassoon was a formative figure of the Sixties. Along with the Pill and the mini-skirt, his…

— Mary Quant

I knew who Buckley and Vidal were growing up, being a political junkie.

— Morgan Neville

They don't make people like Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley anymore.

— Morgan Neville

Dreadful is a poignant biography of a forgotten man who drank himself to death. It's a brilliant evocation of a self-hating gay novelist in…

— Edmund White