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.
Norman and I didn't agree on many issues, but I think that still doesn't matter. He was one of those rare people who aren't afraid to write on what they want to write. He was fearless.
I spent the rest of the day trying to remember what Norman had done. I couldn't help but recall the 1948 book entitled The Naked and the Dead, which I have read around the year 1969, when I was 16.
I enjoyed reading his first book that I even anticipated for his upcoming new publications. I believe I have read every one of them. Whenever he would appear on television, I would usually sit back and watch him on TV. He was a very interesting person indeed, and that makes him rather different among other writers, and personalities on TV.
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.
Perhaps his politics are the last thing I liked about him, but I have forgiven him years ago. There was a big gap between Norman and many other liberals, and that is because he strongly believed in the things that are worth defending. He believed his own ideas.
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.
The Castle in the Forest was the last book Norman Mailer published, although he had plans on working on a trilogy about Hitler.
I could still remember the moment when Norman was about to appear in Charlie Rose. I admit that I was really excited to see him again.
The very day he died it was when I felt a heavy disappointment. There would be no trilogy, another hero long gone.
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.
Somebody has to keep God on his toes, and I think Norman is up to the job. - 17943
Norman and I didn't agree on many issues, but I think that still doesn't matter. He was one of those rare people who aren't afraid to write on what they want to write. He was fearless.
I spent the rest of the day trying to remember what Norman had done. I couldn't help but recall the 1948 book entitled The Naked and the Dead, which I have read around the year 1969, when I was 16.
I enjoyed reading his first book that I even anticipated for his upcoming new publications. I believe I have read every one of them. Whenever he would appear on television, I would usually sit back and watch him on TV. He was a very interesting person indeed, and that makes him rather different among other writers, and personalities on TV.
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.
Perhaps his politics are the last thing I liked about him, but I have forgiven him years ago. There was a big gap between Norman and many other liberals, and that is because he strongly believed in the things that are worth defending. He believed his own ideas.
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.
The Castle in the Forest was the last book Norman Mailer published, although he had plans on working on a trilogy about Hitler.
I could still remember the moment when Norman was about to appear in Charlie Rose. I admit that I was really excited to see him again.
The very day he died it was when I felt a heavy disappointment. There would be no trilogy, another hero long gone.
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.
Somebody has to keep God on his toes, and I think Norman is up to the job. - 17943
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