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
Certainly 'The Judgment of Paris' was the novel in which I found my own voice. Gore Vidal findjudgmentparis Change image and share on social
Primarily, I am a prose writer with axes to grind, and the theatre is a good place to do the grinding in. I prefer comedy to 'serious' drama because I believe one can get the ax sharper on the comedic stone. Gore Vidal axiscomediccomedy share on social
Europe began as the relatively empty, uncivilized Wild West of Asia; then the Western Hemisphere became the Wild West of Europe. Now the sun has set in our West and risen once more in the East. Gore Vidal asiabegineast 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
I didn't mean to spend my life writing American history, which should have been taught in the schools, but I saw no alternative but to taking it on myself. I could think of a lot of cheerier things I'd rather be doing than analyzing George Washington and Aaron Burr. But it came to pass, that was my job, so I did it. Gore Vidal aaronalternativeamerican 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