Quotes by Vidal, Gore

Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads >>

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonde >>

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the >>

The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a >>

Writing is the incurable itch that possesses many. >>

Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players, and Tennessee Williams has about 5, and Samuel Beckett one -- and maybe a clone of that one. I have 10 or so, and that's a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them.

Vidal, Gore