Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.

Quote by Gore Vidal

Topics: Books Quotes, Speech Quotes, Writing Quotes

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President....

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President....

We're not a democracy.

We're not a democracy.

A good deed never goes unpunished.

A good deed never goes unpunished.

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

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

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

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

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

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

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...

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.

Is advertising a profession, like law or medicine? How many new parents clutch their baby...

Is advertising a profession, like law or medicine? How many new parents clutch their baby...

She who cultivates virtue in her parents' home, shall obtain a home at her in-laws.

She who cultivates virtue in her parents' home, shall obtain a home at her in-laws.