Gore Vidal

Television is now so desparately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel.

Television is now so desparately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read more

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.

Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same read more

Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of read more

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people.

If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers, their sexual lives would be read more

If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers, their sexual lives would be not only meager but in a youth-worshiping country like America painfully brief.