Europe began as the relatively empty, uncivilized Wild West of Asia; then the Western Hemisphere became the Wild West of Europe. Now the sun has set in our West and risen once more in the East.
GORE VIDALEurope began as the relatively empty, uncivilized Wild West of Asia; then the Western Hemisphere became the Wild West of Europe. Now the sun has set in our West and risen once more in the East.
GORE VIDALThe United States is a madhouse.
GORE VIDALThere’s a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.
GORE VIDALWe’re not a democracy.
GORE VIDALRemember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
GORE VIDALThe media can’t get anything straight.
GORE VIDALI never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.
GORE VIDALAfter adolescence, if one’s life is sufficiently interesting, the desire to tell oneself stories diminishes.
GORE VIDALAnybody who is stupid enough to want to be remembered deserves to be forgotten right now.
GORE VIDALUntil 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.
GORE VIDALFifty percent of people won’t vote, and fifty percent don’t read newspapers. I hope it’s the same fifty percent.
GORE VIDALI can understand companionship.
GORE VIDALIt is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
GORE VIDALThe unfed mind devours itself.
GORE VIDALNearly everyone who goes into a campaign is not only eager for the place he hopes to fill but for what might come after.
GORE VIDALThe four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.
GORE VIDAL