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
prevent shut
To prevent the theft of 'Ben-Hur's sets, guards were prowling the back lot long after production had been shut down.
fallen hands history
American history has fallen more and more into the hands of academics.
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.
elderly life man meet odd rather slight
It's odd to meet a rather elderly man who says, 'I've been reading you all my life.' It makes you feel a slight chill.
served veteran war
For the record, I'm a Second World War veteran and served in the Pacific.
prisoners unless war
I don't know how prisoners of war are ever heroes unless they escape.
half hopes people voted
Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
west
Remember, I'm West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
fourteen
Between fourteen and nineteen, I must have begun and abandoned six novels.
lie sign true
He will lie even when it is inconvenient: the sign of the true artist.
gore household known life raised senator thomas
I was raised in the Washington household of my grandfather Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, and have known politicians intimately all my life.
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.
mccain
McCain is significant in the sense that he has no significance at all on any subject.
favorite follow sports
Baseball is the favorite American sport because it's so slow. Any idiot can follow it. And just about any idiot can play it.