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

Quote by Gore Vidal

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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,...

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

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

In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.

In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

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...

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...

Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the...

Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the...

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

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

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

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

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

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to...

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social...

What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social...