A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

Quote by Gore Vidal

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

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

It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how...

It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how...

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....

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become...

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become...

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

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

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world...

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world...

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?

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

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

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...

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to...

Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to...

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we...

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we...

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...

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.

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

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

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.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.