Gore Vidal Quotes

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

Gore Vidal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 3, 1925 - July 31, 2012

Topics

PeopleProblemHumanWouldSimply

Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.

Joe Frazier

MindWorldChampionBoxingBoyFive

America is the only country capable of producing national movies: its culture has become a global culture.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

CultureAmericaCountryMoviesOnly

I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that.

Jeff Bridges

CharacterMyselfThinkActorLike

If you come off the start in a final in fourth or fifth, realistically, the best you can probably do is a podium - squeeze second, third. The chance of you winning at any major race if you get cut off down the hill is pretty remote.

Tory Nyhaug

BestWinningStartChanceYouDown

Although I wasn't able to get a visa for Vietnam, I was able to talk with swift boat veterans to get a feel for the time and place, and I visited a tropical prison in the Philippines to get a sense of what a Vietnamese prison might have been like.

Tony Hillerman

TimeBoatPrisonFeelPlaceTalk

Even under the best circumstances, speaking at your own wedding ceremony is a high pressure endeavor. What even constitutes a vow? I always picture them as exclamations you bellow at the sky.

Josh Gondelman

BestSkyPressurePictureWedding

'Liv and Maddie' didn't start out as a twin show. I actually played a different character in the beginning, and it was neither of the twins.

Dove Cameron

CharacterBeginningStartTwinsOut

When I tried to get 'Stargate' made, I took it to every studio in Hollywood and every studio said, 'Sci-fi is dead. It's a dead genre. No one wants to see science fiction anymore.' And I had to go and raise the money independently to make that movie.

Dean Devlin

ScienceMoneyGoSaidHollywoodSee

There'll never be a 'Rocky IV.' You gotta call a halt.

Sylvester Stallone

YouNeverCallRockyGottaHalt

I can't waste more time worrying unless something surfaces that should legitimately cause fear.

Tig Notaro

FearTimeMoreSomethingWaste

What I usually do is hoard money - I accumulate as much as possible in the fear of not having enough to pay tax.

Mark Billingham

FearMoneyEnoughTaxPossiblePay

It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism.

Mark Rothko

LongMatterEssenceWellAccepted

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