Gore Vidal

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn.
Gore Vidal - The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1993
Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

For certain people after fifty, litigation takes the place of sex.

Whenever a friend succeeds a little something in me dies.

It is not enough to succeed; others must fail.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

For certain people after 50, litigation takes the place of sex.

I can understand companionship. I can understand bought sex in the afternoon. I cannot understand the love affair.

Never have children, only grandchildren.

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.

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

- Gore Vidal