Gore Vidal

My family is Southern. I'm used to Bill Clintons. ”

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself. ”

Never have children, only grandchildren. ”

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith. ”

I think I have a normal threshold of anger, but it's true that I am, by nature, belligerent. ”

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise. ”

A racial or religious or tribal identity is a kind of fact. ”

At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice. ”

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age. ”

No sooner does an American president take his oath of office than the speculation begins: Will he be reelected in four years' time? If not, who will succeed him? A member of his own party? The other party? ”