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

A good deed never goes unpunished.

A good deed never goes unpunished.

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

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...

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...

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

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

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

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...

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do...

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to...

Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to...

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

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

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 man who keeps a diary pays, Due toll to many tedious days; But life...

A man who keeps a diary pays, Due toll to many tedious days; But life...

Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the...

Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the...

Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.

Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.

Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and...

Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and...

I lived to write, and wrote to live

I lived to write, and wrote to live