What did Gore Vidal mean by: The whole point to American journalism is what ought to be true is true. - Gore Vidal Writer · USA Copy
+ I never reread a text until I have finished the first draft. Otherwise it’s too discouraging. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Discouraging, Finished, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ There are two things you never turn down: sex and appearing on television. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Funny, Sex, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Political, Presidential, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ The important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Gay, Important, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Children, Parents, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ I assume that the point of American democracy is you can express any point of view you want. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Democracy, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a sponge. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Oysters, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
+ One’s neighbor is always the enemy. That is the nature of things. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gore Vidal, Enemy, Neighbor, 0 - Gore Vidal Writer · USA
The day you write to please everyone you no longer are in journalism. You are in show business. - Frank Miller Writer · USA
A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever. - Garrison Keillor Writer · USA
The person you admire was true to himself. You can only truly honour him by being true to yourself. - Michael Craig-Martin Artist · Ireland
The first word I would remove from the folklore of journalism is the word objective. - W. Eugene Smith Photojournalist