Gore Vidal

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President…

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified…

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but…

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes…

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age…

Fifty percent of people won’t vote, and fifty percent don’t read newspapers. I hope it’s…

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of…

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think…

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without…

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times…

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not…

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the…

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception…

In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it…

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith…