Gore Vidal Quotes

To prevent the theft of 'Ben-Hur's sets, guards were prowling the back lot long after production had been shut down.

Gore Vidal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LongBackDownProductionTheft

As a teenager, I was undeveloped and out of touch. The arts was another arena in which to do combat and challenge myself. I read difficult books like James Joyce's 'Ulysses,' but I didn't really understand it, and no one was going to call me on it because I was 16.

Jesse Andrews

MyselfChallengeMeUnderstandTouch

My movies have always done pretty well in the UK - 'The Matrix' films did very well in this country and I do like the crews here and the people we're working with here.

Joel Silver

PeopleCountryDoneMoviesAlways

Some grocery stores began using electronic scanners as early as 1976, and the devices have been in general use in American supermarkets for a decade.

Andrew Rosenthal

AmericanEarlyDecadeBeenDevices

Business is the salt of life.

Jeff Rich

LifeBusinessSalt

I love the writing and performing, but everything in between sucks.

Sia

LoveWritingEverythingPerforming

I grew up on R-rated action films, and you didn't blink.

Rob Liefeld

ActionYouUpBlinkGrewFilms

Increasing education options will give students greater opportunities to succeed in the classroom and allow students to graduate with skill sets necessary to go to college or into a career.

Mary Fallin

EducationCollegeSucceedCareerGo

I am firmly of the view we should keep the police out of politics in Britain, or we risk going the way of American politics, where the Whitewater investigation lasted virtually the whole of the two terms of the Clinton administration but turned up nothing.

Jonathan Powell

PoliticsPoliceI AmAmericanView

You might not be able to stomach it, but as long as you can mind it, your heart will be all right.

Brian Celio

HeartMindLongYouWillRight

I have smaller hands, so it's nice being a littler guy, having a guitar that fits my body type.

Brendon Urie

GuitarHandsBodyNiceGuyBeing

But I don't just see the movie when I see the movie, I see all the great people who worked on it and all their hard work, because they could not have worked any harder.

Brad Bird

WorkHard WorkGreatPeopleSee

I can draw pencil lines to show something is moving, but if I'm writing, I struggle with how to write it. The boy ran down the hallway? The boy ran quickly down the hallway? The boy ran down the marble hallway? I agonize over the words. So my editor works very hard. I'm lucky to have her.

Brian Selznick

StruggleWordsMovingWritingDown

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Gore Vidal