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

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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...

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...

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

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

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

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.

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the...

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the...

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one...

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one...

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....

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...

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of...

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of...

It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my...

It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my...

Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace...

Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace...

Maybe its like this, Max--you know how, when you are working on a long and...

Maybe its like this, Max--you know how, when you are working on a long and...