Actually, I can’t remember when I was not writing.
GORE VIDALThe four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.
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The media can’t get anything straight.
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I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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By the end of World War II, we were the most powerful and least damaged of the great nations. We also had most of the money. America’s hegemony lasted exactly five years.
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Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
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In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative.
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When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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He who is last had best laugh.
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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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Does one ever read a politician’s books?
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That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.
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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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I am told the Cheney-Bush team dislikes their junta being compared to the Nazis. If they ceased behaving like Nazis, no comparison would come to mind.
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Baseball is the favorite American sport because it’s so slow. Any idiot can follow it. And just about any idiot can play it.
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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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Everything’s wrong on Wikipedia.
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