Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players, and Tennessee Williams has about 5. . . . I have 10 or so, and that's a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them.
Source: Times Herald, (Dallas) 18 Jun 1978.
-- Gore Vidal, (Oct 3 1925-2012), US novelist, dramatist, critic; He is known for his irreverent and intellectually adroit novels, e.g.,Burr, 1973 and Lincoln: A Novel, 1984.