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

Quote by Gore Vidal

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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...

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller...

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller...

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time,...

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time,...

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

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

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

Whenever a friend succeeds, 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...

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.

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of...

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders 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...

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.

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...

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

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not...

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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's the most popular pastime in America? Autoeroticism, hands down.

What's the most popular pastime in America? Autoeroticism, hands down.

We may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have...

We may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have...