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Vidal Sassoon was the most famous hairstylist in the history of the world.

Vidal Sassoon changed hair forever.

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.

I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool.

Gore Vidal has been a friend of mine for years, and he's one of the greatest writers in American history.

I read Noam Chomsky. I like some of Gore Vidal's stuff.

Martin Sheen was extraordinary. He's a very gifted man.

I'm not Gore Vidal or William Buckley.

I was much influenced by Jean-Paul Sartre.

Truman Capote was a pop figure, but it wasn't until he went on David Susskind's show and had that extraordinary voice and manner that everyone could imitate, that he really took off as a figure.