Gore Vidal Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.”

“There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.”

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

“Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.”

“That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.”

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

“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.”

“As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.”

“Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They're interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil.”

“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.”