Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidalwas an American writerand a public intellectual known for his patrician manner, epigrammatic wit, and polished style of writing...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth3 October 1925
CityWest Point, NY
CountryUnited States of America
party two differences
It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people.
atheist kings father
Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god's purpose. Any movement of a liberal nature endangers his authority and that of his delegates on earth. One God, one King, one Pope, one master in the factory, one father-leader in the family at home.
inspirational people personality
There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
children character drawing
You see we adults have learned how to disguise our terrible characters but a child... well, it's like a grotesque drawing of us. They should be neither seen nor heard. And no one must make another one.
sarcastic sarcasm cynicism
A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
writing player casting
Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players. ... I have 10 or so, and thats a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them.
causes facts birth
In fact, life itself is a contradiction if only because birth is the direct cause, in every single case, of death
inspirational fashion knowing-who-you-are
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
war order president
Presidents have absolutely gone against the will of Congress. Congress hasn't declared a war since December 7, 1941, and yet we've been at war ever since with somebody or other in order to justify the war machine. Now we have alienated almost the entire earth
rip men thinking
These people [Bush Administration] are for the most part rip-off artists. Notice that they're all gas and oil men from Cheney, to the two Bushes; I think Rumsfeld also.
class people reform
No reform ever came from the bottom, and it was always people who understood how the ruling class worked who turned out to be the reformers.
war metaphor terror
The war against terror is like a war against dandruff. It's a metaphor. It's not about anything.
government class people
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.
done return tourists
The critics are like tourists who return from a trip saying they've "done" Machu Picchu: "Okay, we've done magical realism," so now we can throw it out.