In 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.

Quote by Gore Vidal

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Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an I.Q. of 60.

Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an I.Q. of 60.

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

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?

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

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...

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,...

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

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

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...

Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all....

Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all....

Whenever a friend suceeds, a little something in me dies.

Whenever a friend suceeds, a little something in me dies.

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one...

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one...

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...

He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices

He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do...

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do...

There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only...

There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only...

A good deed never goes unpunished.

A good deed never goes unpunished.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to...

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to...