Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Quote by Gore Vidal

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

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

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

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.

If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers,...

If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers,...

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...

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.

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

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

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....

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of...

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of...

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without...

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without...

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.

By 1948, the Italians had begun to pull themselves together, demonstrating once more their astonishing...

By 1948, the Italians had begun to pull themselves together, demonstrating once more their astonishing...

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...

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...

Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only two categories...

Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only two categories...

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'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...

If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written...

If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written...

Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it...

Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it...

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...