Gore Vidal

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

I hate nobody. ”

Boys don't like girls around when they do boy things. ”

Remember, I'm West Point, where I was born. My father went there. ”

Actually, I can't remember when I was not writing. ”

I am told the Cheney-Bush team dislikes their junta being compared to the Nazis. If they ceased behaving like Nazis, no comparison would come to mind. ”

The only thing that I react really violently to is being misquoted. ”

I never said I was gay, because I don't think anyone is. ”

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. ”

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all. ”