Gore Vidal quotes: 26 of the best.

[atomic_joe2]

Gore Vidal, the celebrated writer, has died aged 86. He was famous for his acerbic wit. Here are some of his best quotes.

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[redstar826]

found this in another article about him:

Vidal preferred not to be classed as gay, instead saying there was no such thing as a homosexual person, only homosexual acts. Writing for an edition of Esquire magazine in 1969, he wrote:

We are all bisexual to begin with. That is a fact of our condition. And we are all responsive to sexual stimuli from our own as well as from the opposite sex. [...] regardless of tribal taboos, homosexuality is a constant fact of the human condition and it is not a sickness, not a sin, not a crime [...] Homosexuality is as natural as heterosexuality. Notice I use the word 'natural,' not normal.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/carl-packman/gore-vidal-we-are-all-bis_b_1729265.html

So, that quote you asked about could easily be 40+ years old

[redstar826]

I'm not leaving. I just got pissed at something that happened elsewhere on top of an already bad day and made a hasty decision to delete, which I now feel kind of embarrassed about. Thank you though :)

[atomic_joe2]

Oh and there's another one when Norman Mailer punched him to the ground after reading a bad review of Vidal's, he responded while still on the ground: 'Once again Norman Mailer is lost for words'.

[layweed]

Where's that one about "Because if you don't look good, we don't look good"?

Oh..wait..wrong Vidal.