It is astonishing to think that millions of people in my timeโnow, too, I supposeโactually thought that at a given moment in history two human beings had evolved to a higher state than that of all the gods that ever were or ever will be. This is titanism, as the Greeks would say. This is madness.
Gore VidalIf the splitter of hairs has a sharp enough knife, the fact of life itself can be chopped into nothing.
Gore VidalFifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent.
Gore VidalPeople like to re-invent you, according to clichรฉ. There are a lot of stores about me that really apply only to Capote or Mailer or somebody else. Everything is a mish mash.
Gore Vidal