It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true.
Gore Vidal (b. 1925) American novelist, dramatist, critic
“French Letters: Theories of the New Novel,” Encounter (Dec 1967)
Perfectionist: One who takes infinite pains and gives them to others.
Gore Vidal (b. 1925) American novelist, dramatist, critic
(Attributed)
Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.
Gore Vidal (b. 1925) American novelist, dramatist, critic
(Attributed)
In Wilfrid Sheed, "Writer as Wretch and Rat," New York Times Book Review (4 Feb 1973)
World events are the work of individuals whose motives are often frivolous, even casual.
Gore Vidal (b. 1925) American novelist, dramatist, critic
United States (1993)
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