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Gore Vidal Quotes

Gore Vidal quotes

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

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Gore Vidal quote: "As I looked back over my life, I realized that I enjoyed..."
As I looked back over my life, I realized that I enjoyed nothing--not art, not sex--more than going to the movies. Gore Vidal
Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself. Gore Vidal
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. Gore Vidal
Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god's purpose. Any movement of a liberal nature endangers his authority and that of his delegates on earth. One God, one King, one Pope, one master in the factory, one father-leader in the family at home. Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "For a man to successful, not only must he succeed but his..."
For a man to successful, not only must he succeed but his friends must also fail. Gore Vidal
The American press exists for one purpose only, and that is to convince Americans that they are living in the greatest and most envied country in the history of the world. The Press tells the American people how awful every other country is and how wonderful the United States is and how evil communism is and how happy they should be to have freedom to buy seven different sorts of detergent. Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little."
Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little. Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "Southerners make good novelists: they have so many stories..."
Southerners make good novelists: they have so many stories because they have so much family. Gore Vidal
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
Gore Vidal quote: "Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies."
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies. Gore Vidal
The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes. Then there is the business of surprise. I never know what is coming next. The phrase that sounds in the head changes when it appears on the page. Then I start probing it with a pen, finding new meanings. Sometimes I burst out laughing at what is happening as I twist and turn sentences. Strange business, all in all. One never gets to the end of it. That’s why I go on, I suppose.... Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told..."
The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so. Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it,..."
In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it. 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
We are given our place in time as we are given our eyes: weak, strong, clear, squinting, the thing is not ours to choose. Well, this has been a squinting, walleyed time to be born in. Gore Vidal

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