Gore Vidal Quotes

I`m a born-again atheist.

Never have children, only grandchildren.

Today`s public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can`t read them either.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

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.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.