When I woke up Saturday morning and opened up the computer the first thing I saw was that Norman Mailer had died at 84. I closed the computer, and didn't open it again until the next day. Norman Mailer was a hero of mine, and a lot of my heroes are starting to leave.
I admit that there are many issues that the both of us didn't agree on, but it doesn't matter anymore. He was one of those very few people, who would fearlessly write on what they believed in.
The rest of my Saturday was spent trying to reminisce on the good things Norman had done. I could still remember the first book he published in 1948, which was entitled The Naked and the Dead. I read it when I was still 16. It was in the year 1969.
From then on, I read almost everything he wrote, and if he was going to be on TV, I always watched. He never failed to be interesting, and to have an idea, something most people who write and are ontelevision never have.
I'm pretty sure that I had last seen him on Charlie Rose, and a show that I can't remember at this point. He had a small hearing problem, but he had high spirits. It so saddening that his appearance was just too short.
I forgave his politics a long time ago. The difference between Norman and many other liberals was that he really believed in his ideas. He was just as likely to call a Democrat on the carpet as a Republican.
At times Mailer was savaged by the New York literary establishment and by critics. He didn't care two hoots in hell what they thought, and just kept writing and speaking.
I enjoyed Norman Mailer's last masterpiece entitled The Castle in the Forest, it was even rumoured that he was planning to work on a trilogy on Hitler.
The moment I knew that Norman Mailer would appear in Charlie Rose, I became excited.
It was disappointing to hear he had died. There would be no trilogy, and another one of my heroes had just passed away.
By Sunday, I got better. Norman Mailer was one of those few people that would defend the right to protect yourself. He had known enough about the idiot people in his chosen party. I guess he couldn't build up any respect for any of them. Norman Mailer knew all along that they had no courage to fight at all.
Because he could write fearlessly, they couldn't
Norman Mailer was a real man, and a brave one, too.
I imagine the dialogue in heaven is going to be a lot richer from now on.
If there's somebody who could just keep God on his toes, then the perfect man for that job would be no other than Norman Mailer.
I admit that there are many issues that the both of us didn't agree on, but it doesn't matter anymore. He was one of those very few people, who would fearlessly write on what they believed in.
The rest of my Saturday was spent trying to reminisce on the good things Norman had done. I could still remember the first book he published in 1948, which was entitled The Naked and the Dead. I read it when I was still 16. It was in the year 1969.
From then on, I read almost everything he wrote, and if he was going to be on TV, I always watched. He never failed to be interesting, and to have an idea, something most people who write and are ontelevision never have.
I'm pretty sure that I had last seen him on Charlie Rose, and a show that I can't remember at this point. He had a small hearing problem, but he had high spirits. It so saddening that his appearance was just too short.
I forgave his politics a long time ago. The difference between Norman and many other liberals was that he really believed in his ideas. He was just as likely to call a Democrat on the carpet as a Republican.
At times Mailer was savaged by the New York literary establishment and by critics. He didn't care two hoots in hell what they thought, and just kept writing and speaking.
I enjoyed Norman Mailer's last masterpiece entitled The Castle in the Forest, it was even rumoured that he was planning to work on a trilogy on Hitler.
The moment I knew that Norman Mailer would appear in Charlie Rose, I became excited.
It was disappointing to hear he had died. There would be no trilogy, and another one of my heroes had just passed away.
By Sunday, I got better. Norman Mailer was one of those few people that would defend the right to protect yourself. He had known enough about the idiot people in his chosen party. I guess he couldn't build up any respect for any of them. Norman Mailer knew all along that they had no courage to fight at all.
Because he could write fearlessly, they couldn't
Norman Mailer was a real man, and a brave one, too.
I imagine the dialogue in heaven is going to be a lot richer from now on.
If there's somebody who could just keep God on his toes, then the perfect man for that job would be no other than Norman Mailer.
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If you care about your right to defend yourself, the Big Kahuna recommends you buy pepper spray as soon as you can.
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