Vitriolic is a needless and malign attack on something, excessive attack on something. It is a rather pointless thing to do.
Gore VidalThere 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 VidalPoor John Simon - what a nightmare, to wake up in the morning and realize that you are John Simon.
Gore VidalThey are longing for a war with Iran. Iran is no more a harm to us than was Iraq or Afghanistan. They invented an enemy, they tell lies, lies, lies. The New York Times goes along with their lies, lies, lies. And they don't stop. When the public that's lied to 30 times a day it's apt to believe the lies, is not it?
Gore Vidal