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Oh, to interview Gore Vidal
From a (London) Times profile:
… after a recent performance of Mother Courage at London's National Theatre he stood to deliver an anti-war speech to the audience.How was his friend Fiona Shaw in the title role? "Very good." Where did they meet? Silence. The US? "Well, it wasn't Russia." What's he writing at the moment? "It's a little boring to talk about. Most writers seem to do little else but talk about themselves and their work, in majestic terms." He means self-glorifying? "You've stumbled on the phrase," he says, regally enough. "Continue to use it."
The clarifying phrase "regally enough" is superfluous, no? The superbity comes across pretty clearly.
(Via A & L Daily)
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Joshua Rothman is a graduate student and Teaching Fellow in the Harvard English department, and an Instructor in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He teaches novels and political writing.
