Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
Gore VidalI was taught to read by my grandmother. Central to her method was a tale of unnatural love called 'The Duck and the Kangaroo'. Then, because my grandfather, Senator Gore, was blind, I was required early on to read grown-up books to him, mostly constitutional law and, of course, the Congressional Record. The later continence of my style is a miracle, considering those years of piping the additional remarks of Mr. Borah of Idaho.
Gore VidalI sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place
Gore VidalIn America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are.
Gore Vidal