Novelists Don't Age As Quickly

Style Is Not Neutral; It Gives Moral Directions.

Tremendous Interest In The Superficial Is Very Characteristic Of Cultures In Decline.

I Say, 'if I Had A Serious Brain Injury I Might Well Write A Children's Book', But Otherwise The Idea Of Being Conscious Of Who You're Directing The Story To Is Anathema To Me, Because, In My View, Fiction Is Freedom And Any Restraints On That Are Intolerable.

Vidal Gives The Impression Of Believing That The Entire Heterosexual Edifice - Registry Offices, 'romeo And Juliet,' The Disposable Diaper - Is Just A Sorry Story Of Self-hypnosis And Mass Hysteria: A Hoax, A Racket, Or Sheer Propaganda.

Only In Art Will The Lion Lie Down With The Lamb, And The Rose Grow Without Thorn.