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
american-novelist andy genius
Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an I.Q. of 60.
betrays night wedding
Each youth betrays considerable anxiety about the wedding night ahead.
next sam script worked
During the late '50s, I had worked on the script of Ben-Hur in an office next to that of the producer Sam Zimbalist.
debated democratic eager label ran run seriously suspicious whether
Temperamentally, I am suspicious of belonging to anything. When I ran for office, I debated seriously whether or not to run as an independent because I was not eager to be saddled with the Democratic Party, because any party label is committing.
life stories
After adolescence, if one's life is sufficiently interesting, the desire to tell oneself stories diminishes.
bound continuing impatient might next point rather trait
Americans are future-minded to the point of obsession. We are impatient at living in the present. Tomorrow is bound to be better... next year, next century, always what might be rather than what is. This trait in us makes for 'progress;' it also makes for a continuing dissatisfaction.
declining deeply
Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.
fallen hands history
American history has fallen more and more into the hands of academics.
except
This is not at all bad, except as prose.
Actually, I can't remember when I was not writing.
As a schoolboy, I read most of Carl Sandburg's six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln.
best
An important governorship used to be the best springboard for would-be presidents.
countries dumb
As dumb as this administration is, they don't look ahead. They don't know where any countries are. They don't know how to make deals. They don't really know much about anything. There is no plan.
brought phrase whatever
As for my support for Obama, remember that I was brought up in Washington. It was an all-black city when I was a kid. And I've always been very pro-African-American - or whatever phrase we now use.