On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.- Gore Vidal
Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They're interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil.
Never have children, only grandchildren.
Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made.
Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.
It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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.
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.
In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you are a great writer, you must say that you are.
I am all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
Fifty percent of people would not vote, and fifty percent do not read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent.
Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.
