Quotes by Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

American writer and criticus

Lived from: 1925 - 2012

Category: Media | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 3 october 1925 Died: 31 july 2012

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  • The United States is a madhouse.
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  • There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
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  • There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo - or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.
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  • There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.
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  • Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.
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  • To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.
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  • Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.
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  • Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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  • Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.
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  • Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
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