I came to know Gore Vidal in the mid-1980s, when I was living in southern Italy, virtually a neighbour, and our friendship lasted until his death in 2012. Needless to say, he was a complicated and often combative man.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Gore Vidal has been a friend of mine for years, and he's one of the greatest writers in American history.
I had a year off, so my wife and I were heading to Italy to study Italian. We found a little house in a village called Atrani. I discovered that Gore Vidal lived right above us in a big house, so I sent him a note.
I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool.
I'm not Gore Vidal or William Buckley.
When Gore Vidal was coming up, there were three major channels, and he could count on a big audience when he debated someone like William F. Buckley on TV.
The whole book experience was a look into another world, the world of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer.
As well as being a creative genius, Vidal Sassoon was a formative figure of the Sixties. Along with the Pill and the mini-skirt, his influence was truly liberating.
I read Noam Chomsky. I like some of Gore Vidal's stuff.
Vidal Sassoon was the most famous hairstylist in the history of the world.
Al Gore has been one of my closest friends since the day we met, on the first day of college, 35 years ago.