Gore Vidal

“Obama just came swiftly out of nowhere, which was a relief to those of us who care about the Republic, and at first he seemed a very good thing.”

“A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.”

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

“The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.”

“When I say 'president,' I still mean Roosevelt - wisely, I think.”

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

“Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made.”

“Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.”

“Every generation gets the Tiny Tim it deserves.”

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

“TV news is not very instructive.”

“Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.”

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

“Everything's wrong on Wikipedia.”