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Gore Vidal Quotes

I don’t think contemporary writers spend a lot of time reading each other. Particularly writers of the same nationality Picture Quote #1

Those who have not undergone minor disasters are usually being held in reserve for something major Picture Quote #1

It is of no consequence to you what others think of you. What matters is what you think of them. That is how you live your life Picture Quote #1

I don’t seem to be cynical to myself but how what I say goes down with others is their problem. I’m realistic Picture Quote #1

Age bothers everybody. I was never narcissistic about my looks, but people thought that I should be so therefore I was Picture Quote #1

I was never my own type so I completely missed my beauty all through my youth Picture Quote #1

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I have no social position and I stay away from what is known as society as much as possible Picture Quote #1

I have no television to go on so I get a lot of writing done. That’s my substitute for television Picture Quote #1

I’m a much worse guest than I am a host, and I’m not an awfully good host either. I really like being alone Picture Quote #1

Everybody is bisexual, and that is a fact of human nature. Some people practice both, and some practice one thing, and some people practice another thing and that is the way human beings are Picture Quote #1

From the age of 1 to 6 there is a small percentage that is exclusively homosexual, a small percentage heterosexual and there’s a wide band in the middle of people who respond to various stimuli. A little bit here, a little more there Picture Quote #1

Everybody has two legs, two lobes to the brain which is why we tend to be interested in symmetry, always balancing things Picture Quote #1

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To have an interest in both sexes is equally normal. Whether it’s practiced or not is something else. Some do. Some don’t Picture Quote #1

Despite the warnings of other times, the impetuous and the confident continue their indiscriminate cultivation of weeds at the expense of occasional flowers Picture Quote #1

Many human beings enjoy sexual relations with their own sex; many don’t; many respond to both. This plurality is part of our nature and not worth fretting about Picture Quote #1

In a society like ours, politics is improvisation. To the artful dodger rather than the true believer goes the prize Picture Quote #1

Most writers write books that they wouldn’t read. I ought to know; I’ve done it myself Picture Quote #1

Great critics do not explicate a text; they describe it and then report on what they have described, if the description itself is not the criticism Picture Quote #1

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Laughing at someone else is an excellent way of learning how to laugh at oneself; and questioning what seem to be the absurd beliefs of another group is a good way of recognizing the potential absurdity of many of one’s own cherished beliefs Picture Quote #1

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death Picture Quote #1

I’m not sentimental about anything. Life flows by, and you flow with it or you don’t. Move on and move out Picture Quote #1

I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place Picture Quote #1

We are given our place in time as we are given our eyes: weak, strong, clear, squinting, the thing is not ours to choose. Well, this has been a squinting, walleyed time to be born in Picture Quote #1

Write what you know will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect! Picture Quote #1

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There is something about the state putting the power to bully into the hands of subnormal, sadistic apes that makes my blood boil Picture Quote #1

Of course his dust would be absorbed in other living things and to that degree at least he would exist again, though it was plain enough that the specific combination which was he would never exist again Picture Quote #1

History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place Picture Quote #1

In fact, life itself is a contradiction if only because birth is the direct cause, in every single case, of death Picture Quote #1

Our rulers for more than half a century have made sure that we are never to be told the truth about anything that our government has done to other people, not to mention our own Picture Quote #1

Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to make sense out of the senseless, to explain things we find inexplicable Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think contemporary writers spend a lot of time reading each other. Particularly writers of the same nationality (Gore Vidal Quotes) Those who have not undergone minor disasters are usually being held in reserve for something major (Gore Vidal Quotes) It is of no consequence to you what others think of you. What matters is what you think of them. That is how you live your life (Gore Vidal Quotes) I don’t seem to be cynical to myself but how what I say goes down with others is their problem. I’m realistic (Gore Vidal Quotes) Age bothers everybody. I was never narcissistic about my looks, but people thought that I should be so therefore I was (Gore Vidal Quotes) I was never my own type so I completely missed my beauty all through my youth (Gore Vidal Quotes) I have no social position and I stay away from what is known as society as much as possible (Gore Vidal Quotes) I have no television to go on so I get a lot of writing done. That’s my substitute for television (Gore Vidal Quotes) I’m a much worse guest than I am a host, and I’m not an awfully good host either. I really like being alone (Gore Vidal Quotes) Everybody is bisexual, and that is a fact of human nature. Some people practice both, and some practice one thing, and some people practice another thing and that is the way human beings are (Gore Vidal Quotes) From the age of 1 to 6 there is a small percentage that is exclusively homosexual, a small percentage heterosexual and there’s a wide band in the middle of people who respond to various stimuli. A little bit here, a little more there (Gore Vidal Quotes) Everybody has two legs, two lobes to the brain which is why we tend to be interested in symmetry, always balancing things (Gore Vidal Quotes) To have an interest in both sexes is equally normal. Whether it’s practiced or not is something else. Some do. Some don’t (Gore Vidal Quotes) Despite the warnings of other times, the impetuous and the confident continue their indiscriminate cultivation of weeds at the expense of occasional flowers (Gore Vidal Quotes) Many human beings enjoy sexual relations with their own sex; many don’t; many respond to both. This plurality is part of our nature and not worth fretting about (Gore Vidal Quotes) In a society like ours, politics is improvisation. To the artful dodger rather than the true believer goes the prize (Gore Vidal Quotes) Most writers write books that they wouldn’t read. I ought to know; I’ve done it myself (Gore Vidal Quotes) Great critics do not explicate a text; they describe it and then report on what they have described, if the description itself is not the criticism (Gore Vidal Quotes) Laughing at someone else is an excellent way of learning how to laugh at oneself; and questioning what seem to be the absurd beliefs of another group is a good way of recognizing the potential absurdity of many of one’s own cherished beliefs (Gore Vidal Quotes) The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death (Gore Vidal Quotes) I’m not sentimental about anything. Life flows by, and you flow with it or you don’t. Move on and move out (Gore Vidal Quotes) I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place (Gore Vidal Quotes) We are given our place in time as we are given our eyes: weak, strong, clear, squinting, the thing is not ours to choose. Well, this has been a squinting, walleyed time to be born in (Gore Vidal Quotes) Write what you know will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect! (Gore Vidal Quotes) There is something about the state putting the power to bully into the hands of subnormal, sadistic apes that makes my blood boil (Gore Vidal Quotes) Of course his dust would be absorbed in other living things and to that degree at least he would exist again, though it was plain enough that the specific combination which was he would never exist again (Gore Vidal Quotes) History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place (Gore Vidal Quotes) In fact, life itself is a contradiction if only because birth is the direct cause, in every single case, of death (Gore Vidal Quotes) Our rulers for more than half a century have made sure that we are never to be told the truth about anything that our government has done to other people, not to mention our own (Gore Vidal Quotes) Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to make sense out of the senseless, to explain things we find inexplicable (Gore Vidal Quotes)

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