“There is not one human problem that could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.” - GV

"Gore Vidal, the elegant, acerbic all-around man of letters who presided with a certain relish over what he declared to be the end of American civilization, died on Tuesday. He was 86."  -NY Times


As the Times goes on to say, he believed himself to be the last of a breed and he was likely right.


Read the obit here.