Every country should have at least one King Farouk.
GORE VIDALBetween fourteen and nineteen, I must have begun and abandoned six novels.
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In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.
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All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
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The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
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Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.
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I think I have a normal threshold of anger, but it’s true that I am, by nature, belligerent.
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He who is last had best laugh.
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It’s odd to meet a rather elderly man who says, ‘I’ve been reading you all my life.’ It makes you feel a slight chill.
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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.
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I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.
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We’re not a democracy.
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In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you’re a great writer, you must say that you are.
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Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
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The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
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Policemen are seldom tried for their crimes, or indeed, held responsible for what they do, which disturbs the peace and causes distress among the orderly.
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