Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

Quote by Gore Vidal

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Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

We're not a democracy.

We're not a democracy.

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President....

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President....

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.

There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads,...

Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads,...

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified...

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified...

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless...

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless...

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of...

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of...

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception....

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception....

Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of...

Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of...