Gore Vidal

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

I deplore the shying away that can go on, within women, from the term 'feminist.' I am, absolutely, all about being a feminist.