Gore Vidal looks back on his remarkable life - full

[ScrapNfight]

Anybody whose dumb enough to think anyone else's personality is governed entirely by his sexual taste is insane. SO TRUE

[Cabronosidad]

Great way to spend half an hour. Look out for the the wonderful put-down remark about Carson not needing notes. Vidal is a treasure.

[DaHonestAbe]

George Bush really brought out the worst in Gore Vidal. But it's always funny watching him bash that idiot we had to call a president for 8 years. Anything he says about Bush isn't harsh enough, in my opinion.

[nathanbridle]

@DaHonestAbe Perhaps he brought out the most honest? I believe he was right about George W. Bush (I also have a sense you agree), he was just blunt. I agree to some degree though.

[michaels7]

When was this interview done. Mr. Vidal is still a handsome gentleman although I think he is full of nonsense. Mr. Vidal was a frequent guest on Jonny Carson. A decline in American culture that Mr. Vidal is moe often on the bbc or canadian tv.

[nathanbridle]

@michaels7 He is also, despite his reputation for acerbic-ness, remarkble courteous.

[nathanbridle]

Brilliant, provocative, exquisite- Gore Vidal in a nutshell.

[alexlee7773]

Great post. Thanks.

[FromAtomsMade]

In my next life I want to be Gore's passionate lover. The man can turn a shapely phrase like no other, the finest, grandest, damndest ink-stained scribbler of the age. To watch him discharge a round of shrapnel at the knuckle-dragging merchants of war is bliss. There he stands in the evening of his lengthening life, half embittered, half amused, bestriding the American republic like a literary colossus. But is he going to retire from the stage in quiet resignation? Bosh! Stick it to 'em Gore!

[jimmbo13]

@FromAtomsMade Your prose is a tad overdone, n'est pas?