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
dust balance reason
Because there is no cosmic point to the life that each of us perceives on this distant bit of dust at galaxy's edge, all the more reason for us to maintain in proper balance what we have here. Because there is nothing else. Nothing. This is it. And quite enough, all in all.
umpires decision may
Somebody has to keep score and I decided I was going to do it. I'm a born score-keeper and I realize, like an umpire, that my decisions may cause distress.
issues political historical
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
superstitions public-opinion prejudice
At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice.
littles might india
I might become an ascetic, live in India. A little rice is about the best I can do now.
children humorous kids
Never have children, only grandchildren.
election-time action language
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action...
encounters favors
I'm in favor of sexual encounters.
writing interesting way
The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes.
firsts discouraging finished
I never reread a text until I have finished the first draft. Otherwise it's too discouraging.
imagine affair macabre
Can you imagine having a love affair going on and on decade after decade? Macabre.
death moving dying
I’m not sentimental about anything. Life flows by, and you flow with it or you don’t. Move on and move out.
children fall character
I keep as far from children as possible. I don't like the size of them; the scale is all wrong. The head tends to be too big for the bodies and the hands and feet are a disaster and they keep falling into things, and the nakedness of their bad character...
practice people literature
There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.