β Scribed by Vidal, Gore;Wiener, Jon
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I exist to say,?No, that isn't the way it is, ' or?What you believe to be true is not true for the following reasons.' I am a master of the obvious. I mean, if there's a hole in the road, I will, viciously, outrageously, say there's a hole in the road and if you don't fill it in you'll break the axle of your car. One is not loved for being helpful."Gore Vidal, one of America's foremost essayists, screenwriters, and novelists, died July 31, 2012. He was, in addition, a terrific conversationalist. Dick Cavett once described him as?the best talker since Oscar Wilde." And Vidal wa.;Introduction: Gore Vidal as a Talker; 1: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Royce Hall, UCLA, April 28, 2007; 2: Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, University of Southern California, Dec. 15, 2006; 3: The 2000 Shadow Convention: Radio Interview, Plaza Hotel, New York City, September 9, 2000; 4: Radical History Review Interview, Ravello, Italy, July 12, 1988; Postscript: Remembering Gore Vidal; Acknowledgments; Notes; Permissions.
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