The New York Times is the worst in that hardly anybody can write English over there. Most of it reads like slight translations from the German.
Gore VidalNothing is durable, I think anybody who thinks sex is durable is going to have a lot of grief.
Gore VidalFor the average American, freedom of speech is simply the freedom to repeat what everyone else is saying and no more.
Gore VidalThere is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt - until recently... and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.
Gore VidalMy family helped start [this country], we've been in political life ... since the 1690s, and I have a very possessive sense about this country.
Gore VidalThat famous writerโs block is a myth as far as Iโm concerned. I think bad writers must have a great difficulty writing. They donโt want to do it. They have become writers out of reasons of ambition. It must be a great strain to them to make marks on a page when they really have nothing much to say, and donโt enjoy doing it. Iโm not so sure what I have to say but I certainly enjoy making sentences.
Gore Vidal