I have always regarded as a stroke of good fortune that I was not born or brought up in a small American town; they may be the backbone of the nation, but they are also the backbone of ignorance, bigotry, and boredom, all in vast quantities.
Gore VidalThere is something about the state putting the power to bully into the hands of subnormal, sadistic apes that makes my blood boil.
Gore VidalI can understand companionship. I can understand bought sex in the afternoon, but I cannot understand the love affair.
Gore Vidal