America

American

Andy Warhol

baseball

child

democracy

fact

fame

France

friend

friendship

Gertrude Stein

good deed

government

grandchild

history

jealousy

narcissism

narcissist

newspaper

Norman Mailer

novel writing

opportunity

parenting

photography

politics

power

presidency

reality

Ronald Reagan

satire

self-criticism

sexuality

style

success

symmetry

teaching

television

Truman Capote

William F. Buckley

wisdom

woman

writing

occupation / innovator as

actor

playwright

nationality

intellectual movement

postmodern literature

screenwriter

novelist

essayist

literary critic

non-fiction writer

politician

journalist

science fiction writer

religion

atheism

cause of death

natural causes

World War II

scientific organization

American Academy of Arts and Letters

is a country equally divided between conservatives and reactionaries.

is like a grotesque drawing of adults who show the nakedness of their terrible character where adults have learned to disguise ours.

As for children, I keep as far from them as possible. I don't like the sight of them. The scale is all wrong. The heads tend to be too big for the bodies, and the hands and feet are a disaster. They keep falling into things. The nakedness of their bad character! We adults have learned how to disguise our terrible character, but children, well, they are like grotesque drawings of us. They should be neither seen nor heard, and no one must make another one.

is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

is not free of rivalry. Whenever a friend succeeds a little, something in one dies.

Whenever a friend succeeds a little, something in me dies.

is nothing but who collects the money and how do they spend it.

Government is nothing but who collects the money and how do they spend it.

is a wonderful thing to have. One ought never to have children, only grandchildren.

is a narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

 half the American people have never read, just as half has never voted for President. One only hopes it is the same half.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

is ruined by education. Teaching has ruined more American novelist than drink.

Teaching has ruined more American novelist than drink.

is best avoided. Ought Never to have children, only grandchildren.

is a role that anyone should be automatically disqualified from the very moment they identify themselves as being prepared to run.

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.

is at root rage that springs from a profound revolt vis-a-vis one's own society.

A satirist is a man profoundly revolted by the society in which he lives. His rage takes the form of wit, ridicule, mockery.

 builds no roads, writes no novels and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself.

Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself.

is fluid. There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.

There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo -or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.

is knowing who one is, what one wants to say, and not giving a damn.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. Gore Vidal

is difficult to watch others achieve. Every time a friend succeeds, we die a little.

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

is a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.

*The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness.

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