These little books I write, such as The End of Freedom, about the post-9/11 political climate in the United States, sell in the hundreds of thousands of copies. Whereas, I hear novels on marriage are not selling. This is perhaps not the judgment of God, but it is certainly that of history.
Gore VidalTelevision is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel.
Gore VidalI have no social position and I stay away from what is known as society as much as possible.
Gore Vidal