Gore Vidal

"A talent for drama is not a talent for writing but is an ability to articulate human relationships."

"Presidents have absolutely gone against the will of Congress. Congress hasn't declared a war since December 7, 1941, and yet we've been at war ever since with somebody or other in order to justify the war machine. Now we have alienated almost the entire earth."

"We do not want to old to be sharper than we. It is bad enough that they were there first, and got the best things."