Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Quote by Gore Vidal

Topics: Drink Quotes

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

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.

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...

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 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...

All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.

All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

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...

Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's...

Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's...

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

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

We're not a democracy.

We're not a democracy.