I'd say that Holland, Sweden, and Denmark are all better countries politically than the United States. The average person is far better off in one of those countries than he is in the United States and poverty of the sort that we have is absolutely unknown in Northern Europe.
Gore VidalOne is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.
Gore Vidal[ New York ] is a place that worships incompetence particularly if it's combined with energy and paranoid self-confidence. Only in a city like New York could Truman Capote have made it, or John Simon.
Gore VidalI can understand companionship. I can understand bought sex in the afternoon, but I cannot understand the love affair.
Gore Vidal