A racial or religious or tribal identity is a kind of fact. Gore Vidal factidentitykind Change image and share on social
For every Scott Fitzgerald concerned with the precise word and the selection of relevant incident, there are a hundred American writers, many well-regarded, who appear to believe that one word is just as good as another and that everything which occurs to them is worth putting down. Gore Vidal americanconcernfitzgerald share on social
Didn't George Washington say, 'He who controls Afghanistan will carry New Jersey?' Gore Vidal afghanistancarrycontrol Change image and share on social
There is only one party in the United States: the Property party... and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Gore Vidal democratpartyproperty Change image and share on social
Like the TV networks, once our government has a hit, it will be repeated over and over again. Gore Vidal governmenthitnetwork Change image and share on social
After the French Revolution, the world money power shifted from Paris to London. For three generations, the British maintained an old-fashioned colonial empire, as well as a modern empire based on London's primacy in the money markets. Gore Vidal basebritishcolonial share on social
Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made. Gore Vidal activechooseliterature Change image and share on social
The human race is plainly nothing in eternity, but to us, in time, it is everything and ought not to die. Gore Vidal dieeternityhuman Change image and share on social
I never said I was gay, because I don't think anyone is. Gore Vidal gay Change image and share on social