It was a Saturday morning when I found out that Normal Mailer had died at the age of 84. It was when I rummaged through my computer. I eventually turned it off, and decided not to open it up until the next morning. I consider Norman Mailer as my hero, and it's so sad that a lot of my heroes are gradually leaving us behind.
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.
It was on Charlie Rose when I last saw him. There was also another show wherein he appeared, but then, I couldn't remember what was it called. As for Norman Mailer by that time, he had hard hearing, but was amazingly full of high spirits. It's rather disappointing that the shows didn't spare him too much time to appear on air.
I am one of the people who disapproved of his politics, but I learned to forgive him eventually. The liberals were just too different compared to Norman Mailer. He stood firm for his beliefs.
There were also instances when Mailer was savaged by the New York publications and critics. But he didn't care two hoots in hell. They just kept writing and speaking against him.
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.
When I heard that on Charlie Rose I was excited.
It was disappointing to hear he had died. There would be no trilogy, and another one of my heroes had just passed away.
But on Sunday I felt better. Norman Mailer would have defended your right to protect yourself. He knew where all the weasels in his chosen party were. I doubt he had any respect for them, because he knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that they had no courage at all, that they were, and are paper tigers.
He knew because he had the guts to put himself on the line all the time, whenever he was writing or speaking.
He was a real man, and there are precious few of those around.
I think I could imagine how heaven is doing right now, with Norman Mailer around.
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. - 16083
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.
It was on Charlie Rose when I last saw him. There was also another show wherein he appeared, but then, I couldn't remember what was it called. As for Norman Mailer by that time, he had hard hearing, but was amazingly full of high spirits. It's rather disappointing that the shows didn't spare him too much time to appear on air.
I am one of the people who disapproved of his politics, but I learned to forgive him eventually. The liberals were just too different compared to Norman Mailer. He stood firm for his beliefs.
There were also instances when Mailer was savaged by the New York publications and critics. But he didn't care two hoots in hell. They just kept writing and speaking against him.
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.
When I heard that on Charlie Rose I was excited.
It was disappointing to hear he had died. There would be no trilogy, and another one of my heroes had just passed away.
But on Sunday I felt better. Norman Mailer would have defended your right to protect yourself. He knew where all the weasels in his chosen party were. I doubt he had any respect for them, because he knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that they had no courage at all, that they were, and are paper tigers.
He knew because he had the guts to put himself on the line all the time, whenever he was writing or speaking.
He was a real man, and there are precious few of those around.
I think I could imagine how heaven is doing right now, with Norman Mailer around.
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. - 16083
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