A Quote by Hilary Mantel

I loved Gore Vidal's Burr. That book gave me courage.

Hilary Mantel

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Book Courage Gave Gore Loved Me

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Hilary Mantel
English - Writer
Born: July 6, 1952

'Empire of Self' is a loving portrait of a very difficult man. Jay Parini, himself a gifted novelist, poet and biographer, has gone very deep into the 'black energy' of Gore Vidal's relentless narcissism and megalomania. Parini envisions an epic battle between Vidal's angelic and demonic sides, yet there's very little of the angel in Vidal.

Jerome Charyn

The whole book experience was a look into another world, the world of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer.

Jerry Kramer

There will be a debate on Firing Line between Buckley and Gore Vidal on the proposition: "This nation cannot survive as long as the income of 50 percent of the population is below the median." Mr. Vidal will take the affirmative.

M. Stanton Evans

I'm not Gore Vidal or William Buckley.

Lawrence Sanders

I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool.

Matt Smith

I read Noam Chomsky. I like some of Gore Vidal's stuff.

John Cusack

They don't make people like Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley anymore.

Morgan Neville

Gore Vidal has been a friend of mine for years, and he's one of the greatest writers in American history.

Cybill Shepherd

I always want to read Gore Vidal's nonfiction. Because everything he writes is an essay and it's worth reading.

Frederick Busch

We lived in a classless society. We'd spend a summer at Gore Vidal's house in Italy, but we were on and off welfare.

Gaby Hoffmann

Writers since at least the heyday of Gore Vidal have bemoaned their audience's defection to other forms of entertainment.

Garth Risk Hallberg

There are a few things that tend to infuriate me. One is ignorance, because I have become accustomed to speaking to very intelligent people like Gore Vidal and Al Franken on a regular basis, since dating Bill Maher.

Karrine Steffans

The last book I read before I wrote my first book - 'Ghosts of Manhattan' - was 'The Gold Coast' by DeMille. I loved it, and it gave me a lot of energy to start into my own.