“I Do What I Think Needs Doing.” - Dec. 21, 2005 Interview With Gore Vida

“I have no priorities. I simply go on,” Gore Vidal told me in a Dec. 21, 2005 interview, “I do what I think needs doing.”

His “doing” has resulted in a remarkable prolific career as a novelist, essayist, playwright, historian, and bold defender of the American Constitution and our republic. From this man, whom I have read and admired for many years, I sought an interview which would, to some degree, delve into personal thoughts, as well as touch on political matters. As he told me at the end when I asked for three nouns and three adjectives describing himself, “As you must guess by now I am not my subject. I write and think about others.” Read the rest of this entry »