In the article Gore Vidal: Sharpest Tongue in the West, Roy Hattersley said that "for reasons he never explained, he did not go on to Harvard, Yale, or Princeton, with other members of his social class."
Roy Hattersley o tom napísal: "z dôvodov, ktoré nikdy nevysvetlil, nešiel do Harvardu, Yale alebo Princetonu s inými členmi jeho sociálnej triedy ".