Gore Vidal Quotes about Literature

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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.

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.

Gore Vidal

Practice, People, Literature

Gore Vidal (1990). “At home: essays, 1982-1988”, Vintage

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.

Gore Vidal

Book, Literature, Facts

"Life Lessons of Wisdom & Motivation - Volume IV: Insightful, Enlightened and Inspirational quotations and proverbs" by M. I. Sek, Providential Press, (p. 37), February 2014.

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.

Gore Vidal

Debtors, United States, Literature

Gore Vidal (1992). “The Decline and Fall of the American Empire”

Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an IQ of 60.

Gore Vidal

Genius, Literature, Warhol

"Gore Vidal quotes: 26 of the best", www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2012.

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.

Gore Vidal

Finding The One, Car, Literature

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

Gore Vidal

Other Cultures, Culture, Literature

"United States: Essays 1952-1992 (Edmund Wilson: This Critic and This Gin and These Shoes)". Book by Gore Vidal, May 18, 1993.

It is reasonable to assume that, by and large, what is not read now will not be read, ever. It is also reasonable to assume that practically nothing that is read now will be read later.

Gore Vidal

Literature, Assuming, Reasonable

Gore Vidal (1982). “Pink triangle and yellow star, and other essays (1976-1982)”