The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all. Gore Vidal continualdebasereminder Change image and share on social
It is a paradox of the acquisitive society in which we now live that although private morals are regulated by law, the entrepreneur is allowed considerable freedom to use - and abuse - the public in order to make money. Gore Vidal abuseacquisitiveallow share on social
It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. He was always so entirely there. Gore Vidal difficultgenerationhonest Change image and share on social
Certainly 'The Judgment of Paris' was the novel in which I found my own voice. Gore Vidal findjudgmentparis Change image and share on social
By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over. Gore Vidal buymanmaterial Change image and share on social
I am a novelist turned temporary adventurer, and I chose to write television, movies and plays for much the same reason that Henry Morgan selected the Spanish Main for his peculiar - and not dissimilar - sphere of operations. Gore Vidal adventurerchoosedissimilar share on social
The Pentagon talks about our power to 'overkill' Russia ten times, twenty times, perhaps forty-eight times. For my tax money, it is sufficient to overkill them once. Gore Vidal fortymoneyoverkill Change image and share on social
Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They're interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil. Gore Vidal caspiancompanycorporation Change image and share on social
Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes. Gore Vidal americanbigoteddecline Change image and share on social
There is a terrible garrulousness in most American writing, legacy of the old Frontier. Gore Vidal americanfrontiergarrulousness Change image and share on social
