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Gore Vidal Quotes

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American Novelist, Writer October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012

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Gore Vidal quote: "That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may..."
That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers. Gore Vidal
In general, [. . .] novel-theorists have nothing very urgent or interesting to say about literature. Why then do they write when they have nothing to say? Because the ambitious teacher can only rise in the academic bureaucracy by writing at complicated length about writing that has already been much written about. The result of all this book-chat cannot interest anyone who knows literature while those who would like to learn something about books can only be mystified and discouraged by these... Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries,..."
How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself. Gore Vidal
What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions. Gore Vidal
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. Gore Vidal

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