I'll never forget one morning I walked in and I had a hell of a bruise - it had been a difficult night the night before - and a client said to me 'Good God Vidal what happened to your face?' And I said 'Oh nothing madam I just fell over a hairpin.'

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits and the names of their debtors and creditors.

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

Now that I'm a mom I'm way more laid back. If you come into my house don't look for a coaster. Forget it. There is not a piece of furniture in my house now that is too precious.

Once you're a mom always a mom. It's like riding a bike you never forget.

'Men have forgotten this truth ' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible forever for what you have tamed.'

I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget.

Marriage is the alliance of two people one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.