Actually, I can’t remember when I was not writing.
GORE VIDALStyle is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
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The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
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In classical times, it was a capital offense to speculate upon the hour of a king’s death or upon the identity of his successor.
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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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The American high school graduate is two years behind his English, French or German counterpart; in Alabama, God knows how far behind.
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I never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.
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There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.
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Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults.
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Why not just eliminate the federal income tax?
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Nearly everyone who goes into a campaign is not only eager for the place he hopes to fill but for what might come after.
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Everything’s wrong on Wikipedia.
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To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy.
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Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
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That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.
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Gossip is conversation about people.
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The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.
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