Writers who teach tend to prefer literary theory to literature and tenure to all else. Writers who do not teach prefer the contemplation of Careers to art of any kind.
Gore VidalWe've had parallel lives. And frankly, I prefer mine to his. I would not like to be George Bush.
Gore VidalIt is ironic that a nation that has never experienced a coup d'etat should be so obsessed with the idea of conspiracy.
Gore Vidal