Books Quote by Frederick Busch

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

— Hilary Mantel

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

— John Cusack

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

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

— Matt Smith

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

— Jerry Kramer

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

— Fred Kaplan

The essay is a wonderful medium. I might mention that some writers who longed to be novelists were better as essayists: Sontag, Baldwin, Vidal,…

— Phillip Lopate

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

— Russell Lynes

I've always been a person that thinks nonfiction is more interesting than fiction, I love to read presidential biographies.

— Martha MacCallum

I read a lot when I was at college, but really, only a few of Dickens's books work for me.

— Sue Perkins

I don't have time to read nonfiction.

— W. P. Kinsella