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Gore Vidal Quotes

It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true Picture Quote #1

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible Picture Quote #1

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over Picture Quote #1

Congress no longer declares war or makes budgets. So that’s the end of the constitution as a working machine Picture Quote #1

Everybody likes a bit of gossip to some point, as long as it’s gossip with some point to it. That’s why I like history. History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true Picture Quote #1

Religions are manipulated in order to serve those who govern society and not the other way around Picture Quote #1

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Television is a great leveler. You always end up sounding like the people who ask the questions Picture Quote #1

It is reasonable to assume that, by and large, what is not read now will not be read, ever. It is also reasonable to assume that practically nothing that is read now will be read later Picture Quote #1

In a nation that has developed to a high art advertising, the creator who refuses to advertise himself is immediately suspected of having no product worth selling Picture Quote #1

To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun Picture Quote #1

You know, I’ve been around the ruling class all my life, and I’ve been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country Picture Quote #1

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves Picture Quote #1

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Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made Picture Quote #1

Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they’re scraping the top of the barrel Picture Quote #1

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers Picture Quote #1

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds Picture Quote #1

Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die Picture Quote #1

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions Picture Quote #1

Sex is a continuum. You go through different phases along life’s way... and if you don’t, you’ve been sort of cheated Picture Quote #1

I never reread a text until I have finished the first draft. Otherwise it’s too discouraging Picture Quote #1

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Since no one can ever know for certain whether or not his own view of life is the correct one, it is absolutely impossible for him to know if someone else’s is the wrong one Picture Quote #1

I’m not for real revolutions, because they always bring you the opposite of what you want. You very seldom get what you want if you have a violent revolution Picture Quote #1

There’s no such thing as a war against terrorism. It’s idiotic. These are slogans. These are lies. It’s advertising, which is the only art form we ever invented and developed Picture Quote #1

I am glad my life is coming to an end. To think that it might last another five hundred years, now that would be terrible, in my case Picture Quote #1

I do not much care for nature, and believe that flowers belong in vases rather than loose and untidy on the ground Picture Quote #1

I started to read my first book at about the age of six. I started to write a book simultaneously. Not to compete, just to augment. And that’s how one starts. Or I started Picture Quote #1

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It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true (Gore Vidal Quotes) The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible (Gore Vidal Quotes) By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over (Gore Vidal Quotes) Congress no longer declares war or makes budgets. So that’s the end of the constitution as a working machine (Gore Vidal Quotes) Everybody likes a bit of gossip to some point, as long as it’s gossip with some point to it. That’s why I like history. History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true (Gore Vidal Quotes) Religions are manipulated in order to serve those who govern society and not the other way around (Gore Vidal Quotes) Television is a great leveler. You always end up sounding like the people who ask the questions (Gore Vidal Quotes) It is reasonable to assume that, by and large, what is not read now will not be read, ever. It is also reasonable to assume that practically nothing that is read now will be read later (Gore Vidal Quotes) In a nation that has developed to a high art advertising, the creator who refuses to advertise himself is immediately suspected of having no product worth selling (Gore Vidal Quotes) To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun (Gore Vidal Quotes) You know, I’ve been around the ruling class all my life, and I’ve been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country (Gore Vidal Quotes) One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves (Gore Vidal Quotes) 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 Quotes) Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they’re scraping the top of the barrel (Gore Vidal Quotes) Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn (Gore Vidal Quotes) 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 Quotes) That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers (Gore Vidal Quotes) There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise (Gore Vidal Quotes) 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 Quotes) To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds (Gore Vidal Quotes) Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die (Gore Vidal Quotes) What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions (Gore Vidal Quotes) Sex is a continuum. You go through different phases along life’s way... and if you don’t, you’ve been sort of cheated (Gore Vidal Quotes) I never reread a text until I have finished the first draft. Otherwise it’s too discouraging (Gore Vidal Quotes) Since no one can ever know for certain whether or not his own view of life is the correct one, it is absolutely impossible for him to know if someone else’s is the wrong one (Gore Vidal Quotes) I’m not for real revolutions, because they always bring you the opposite of what you want. You very seldom get what you want if you have a violent revolution (Gore Vidal Quotes) There’s no such thing as a war against terrorism. It’s idiotic. These are slogans. These are lies. It’s advertising, which is the only art form we ever invented and developed (Gore Vidal Quotes) I am glad my life is coming to an end. To think that it might last another five hundred years, now that would be terrible, in my case (Gore Vidal Quotes) I do not much care for nature, and believe that flowers belong in vases rather than loose and untidy on the ground (Gore Vidal Quotes) I started to read my first book at about the age of six. I started to write a book simultaneously. Not to compete, just to augment. And that’s how one starts. Or I started (Gore Vidal Quotes)

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