All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself. Gore Vidal alarmchildencounter 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
Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age. Gore Vidal agelitigationmiddle Change image and share on social
I never wanted to be a writer. I mean, that's the last thing I wanted. Gore Vidal thingwantwriter 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
Certainly 'The Judgment of Paris' was the novel in which I found my own voice. Gore Vidal findjudgmentparis 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
The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity - much less dissent. Gore Vidal corporatecountrydissent share on social
Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults. Gore Vidal adultadvertiseamerican Change image and share on social
Fortunately, our audiences are used to a kind of boredom in the theatre, and if the writer is skillful, he will flatter them into thinking: 'Why, that's us up there, and aren't we - for all our little foibles - pretty nice guys and gals?' Gore Vidal audienceboredomflat share on social