Quotes by Gore Vidal

"How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself."
— Gore Vidal
"Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half."
— Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (/vɪˈdɑːl/ vih-DAHL; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his cynical epigrammatic wit. His novel...