I can't name three first-rate literary critics in the United States. I'm told there are a few hidden away at universities, but they don't print them in 'The New York Times.' Gore Vidal critichideliterary Change image and share on social
Walter Lippmann suggests that the United States behaves like a society which thinks it is complete with no more to accomplish; that, for better or worse, we are what we are, and the only danger to our comfort is external. Gore Vidal accomplishbadlybehave share on social
As for civil liberties, any one who is not vigilant may one day find himself living, if not in a police state, at least in a police city. Gore Vidal citycivilday Change image and share on social
The truth about Pearl Harbour is obscured to this day. But it has been much studied. Gore Vidal dayharbourobscure Change image and share on social
Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself. Gore Vidal buildlifemean Change image and share on social
Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age. Gore Vidal agelitigationmiddle Change image and share on social
To preserve the human race, it is now necessary to reorganize society. To this end, an Authority must be created with the power to control human population, to redistribute food, to purify air, water, soil, to re-pattern the cities. Gore Vidal airauthoritycity share on social
Remember, I'm West Point, where I was born. My father went there. Gore Vidal bearfatherpoint 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
