Quotes by 'Gore Vidal'

Gore Vidal

Gore Vidalwas an American writerand a public intellectual known for his patrician manner, epigrammatic wit, and polished style of writing...

In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative.

bodies national

In essence, Clinton's Anti-Terrorism Act would set up a national police force, over the long-dead bodies of the founders.

discovery manage obvious state

I like the way you always manage to state the obvious with a sense of real discovery.

I never wanted to be a writer. I mean, that's the last thing I wanted.

prisoners unless war

I don't know how prisoners of war are ever heroes unless they escape.

certainly found novel

Certainly 'The Judgment of Paris' was the novel in which I found my own voice.

fervent foe hudson tap whether

I'm a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water.

happened impression rather settles

In character, as it were, the writer settles for an impression of what happened rather than creating the sense of the thing happening.

capital classical death hour offense speculate

In classical times, it was a capital offense to speculate upon the hour of a king's death or upon the identity of his successor.

home

I am only at home in the present.

aerospace quite senator

I could be a lot happier. I could be the senator from Aerospace taking bribes, and be quite happy.

began life

I began life as an absolute monarchist - on condition, of course, that I be that monarch.

class generations thirds

I come from the highest class of all. I am a third-generation celebrity.

father magazines time-magazine

I have been on the cover of Time magazine. My father was on the cover of Time, and my grandfather was on the cover of Time.