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Norman Mailer quotes: There remained a hole drilled through his heart. There remained a hole drilled through his heart.
Norman Mailer quotes: Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit. Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.
Norman Mailer quotes: There is nothing safe about sex. There never will be. There is nothing safe about sex. There never will be.
Norman Mailer quotes: So long as you use a knife, there's some love left. So long as you use a knife, there's some love left.
Norman Mailer quotes: In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent. In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.
Norman Mailer quotes: What were the phenomena of the world today? If I knew little else, I knew the answer - war, and the preparations for new war. What were the phenomena of the world today? If I knew little else, I knew the answer - war, and the preparations for new war.
Norman Mailer quotes: Goldstein, you'd be a pretty good boy if you wasn't so chicken. Goldstein, you'd be a pretty good boy if you wasn't so chicken.
Norman Mailer quotes: Love was here today and left us dry did we deserve Him? Love was here today and left us dry did we deserve Him?
Norman Mailer quotes: The compulsive talker must go through the herculean transformation of learning to quit or must become a great monologuist. The compulsive talker must go through the herculean transformation of learning to quit or must become a great monologuist.
Norman Mailer quotes: Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing. Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.
Norman Mailer quotes: Harsh words live in the dungeon of the heart Harsh words live in the dungeon of the heart
Norman Mailer quotes: I could not begin to mourn Deborah or my mind would ride off with me. There was nothing so delicate in all the world as one's last touch of control. I could not begin to mourn Deborah or my mind would ride off with me. There was nothing so delicate in all the world as one's last touch of control.
Norman Mailer quotes: The only journey of knowledge is from the depth of one being to the heart of another. The only journey of knowledge is from the depth of one being to the heart of another.
Norman Mailer quotes: Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most. Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.
Norman Mailer quotes: You never do find out what makes you tick, and after a while it's unimportant. You never do find out what makes you tick, and after a while it's unimportant.
Norman Mailer quotes: The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you. The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you.
Norman Mailer quotes: I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge purpose. I think we shrink from the immensity of the purpose we are here for. I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge purpose. I think we shrink from the immensity of the purpose we are here for.
Norman Mailer quotes: I've made an ass of myself so many times I often wonder if I am one. I've made an ass of myself so many times I often wonder if I am one.
Norman Mailer quotes: Writing a novel is the closest thing a male writer will ever get to the experience of childbirth. Writing a novel is the closest thing a male writer will ever get to the experience of childbirth.
Norman Mailer quotes: Brenda was six when she fell out of the apple tree. Brenda was six when she fell out of the apple tree.
Norman Mailer quotes: I always start a book for money. If you're married five times you have to. I always start a book for money. If you're married five times you have to.
Norman Mailer quotes: It was probably a damn sight easier than getting rid of a woman who had found something in him that he didn't have or he didn't care to give. It was probably a damn sight easier than getting rid of a woman who had found something in him that he didn't have or he didn't care to give.
Norman Mailer quotes: The sense of a long last night over civilization is back again. The sense of a long last night over civilization is back again.
Norman Mailer quotes: Left-wingers are incapable of conspiring because they are all egomaniacs. Left-wingers are incapable of conspiring because they are all egomaniacs.
Norman Mailer quotes: It all comes down to who does the dishes. It all comes down to who does the dishes.
Norman Mailer quotes: The fact that we've been a great democracy doesn't mean we will automatically keep being one if we keep waving the flag. The fact that we've been a great democracy doesn't mean we will automatically keep being one if we keep waving the flag.
Norman Mailer quotes: I did like Robert Vavra's book not only for its so very good photographs but for the text as well. He's no ordinary fellow, obviously ... I did like Robert Vavra's book not only for its so very good photographs but for the text as well. He's no ordinary fellow, obviously ...
Norman Mailer quotes: For what does it mean to be a hero? It requires you to be prepared to deal with forces larger than yourself. For what does it mean to be a hero? It requires you to be
prepared to deal with forces larger than yourself.
Norman Mailer quotes: It was getting to be the best conversation she ever had. She had always thought the only way to have conversations like that was in your head. Then It was getting to be the best conversation she ever had. She had always thought the only way to have conversations like that was in your head. Then
Norman Mailer quotes: Insanity consists of building major structures upon foundations which do not exist. Insanity consists of building major structures upon foundations which do not exist.
Norman Mailer quotes: I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension. I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.
Norman Mailer quotes: With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance. With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance.
Norman Mailer quotes: We didn't win the Cold War, we were just a big bank that bankrupted a smaller bank because we had an arms race that wiped the Russians out. We didn't win the Cold War, we were just a big bank that bankrupted a smaller bank because we had an arms race that wiped the Russians out.
Norman Mailer quotes: The only faithfulness people have is to emotions they're trying to recapture The only faithfulness people have is to emotions they're trying to recapture
Norman Mailer quotes: American's capacity for real estate improvement; build yourself a house, grow fat in it, and die. American's capacity for real estate improvement; build yourself a house, grow fat in it, and die.
Norman Mailer quotes: Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it. Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it.
Norman Mailer quotes: At the end of medicine is dope; at the end of life is death; at the end of man may be the Hell which arrives from the vanities of the At the end of medicine is dope; at the end of life is death; at the end of man may be the Hell which arrives from the vanities of the mind.
Norman Mailer quotes: I don't want to retire. I'm not that good at crossword puzzles I don't want to retire. I'm not that good at crossword puzzles
Norman Mailer quotes: Every one of my books had killed me a little more. Every one of my books had killed me a little more.
Norman Mailer quotes: When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write. When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write.
Norman Mailer quotes: Boredom slays more of existence than war. Boredom slays more of existence than war.
Norman Mailer quotes: A criminal will never forgive you for preventing them from committing the crime that is really in their heart. A criminal will never forgive you for preventing them from committing the crime that is really in their heart.
Norman Mailer quotes: Yeah, fighting a war to fix something works about as good as going to a whorehouse to get rid of a clap. Yeah, fighting a war to fix something works about as good as going to a whorehouse to get rid of a clap.
Norman Mailer quotes: I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability to hold the maximum of impossible combinations in one's mind. I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability to hold the maximum of impossible combinations in one's mind.
Norman Mailer quotes: The moments like these, the passing doubts, were the temptations that caught you if you were not careful. The moments like these, the passing doubts, were the temptations that caught you if you were not careful.
Norman Mailer quotes: God is a creator, not a law giver. God is a creator, not a law giver.
Norman Mailer quotes: A democracy depends upon people getting brighter all the time. Democracies are delicate. They're not just ipso facto and just go on and on. A democracy depends upon people getting brighter all the time. Democracies are delicate. They're not just ipso facto and just go on and on.
Norman Mailer quotes: The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation. The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation.
Norman Mailer quotes: No heart is so hard as the timid heart. No heart is so hard as the timid heart.
Norman Mailer quotes: Great sex is apocalyptic. There is no such thing as great sex unless you have an apocalyptic moment. Great sex is apocalyptic. There is no such thing as great sex unless you have an apocalyptic moment.
Norman Mailer quotes: I HATE EVERYTHING WHICH IS NOT IN MYSELF I HATE EVERYTHING WHICH IS NOT IN MYSELF
Norman Mailer quotes: The art of the novel is to arrive at that artless point where your characters become more real than yourself. The art of the novel is to arrive at that artless point where your characters become more real than yourself.
Norman Mailer quotes: Movies are more likely than literature to reach deep feelings in people. Movies are more likely than literature to reach deep feelings in people.
Norman Mailer quotes: Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor. Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.
Norman Mailer quotes: No physical activity is so vain as boxing. A man gets into the ring to attract admiration. In no sport, therefore, can you be more humiliated. No physical activity is so vain as boxing. A man gets into the ring to attract admiration. In no sport, therefore, can you be more humiliated.
Norman Mailer quotes: Writing can wreck your body. You sit there on the chair hour after hour and sweat your guts out to get a few words. Writing can wreck your body. You sit there on the chair hour after hour and sweat your guts out to get a few words.
Norman Mailer quotes: While I'm working on a book, I rarely read anything more than The New York Times. Which may have the long-term effect of flattening my style. While I'm working on a book, I rarely read anything more than The New York Times. Which may have the long-term effect of flattening my style.
Norman Mailer quotes: A high church for the true mediocre. A high church for the true mediocre.
Norman Mailer quotes: I cannot bear that chirpy Bobby Kennedy, always building his beaver's nest with a few more facts. He needs to look into the abyss. I cannot bear that chirpy Bobby Kennedy, always building his beaver's nest with a few more facts. He needs to look into the abyss.
Norman Mailer quotes: When the time comes, they won't ask what kind of a Jew you are. When the time comes, they won't ask what kind of a Jew you are.
Norman Mailer quotes: Mailer's Law: A thing either gets better or it costs more to run it the way it was. Mailer's Law: A thing either gets better or it costs more to run it the way it was.
Norman Mailer quotes: Simple narcissism gives the power of beasts to politicians, professional wrestlers and female movie stars. Simple narcissism gives the power of beasts to politicians, professional wrestlers and female movie stars.
Norman Mailer quotes: The world's not what I want it to be. But then no one ever said I had the right to design the world. The world's not what I want it to be. But then no one ever said I had the right to design the world.
Norman Mailer quotes: I usually need a can of beer to prime me. I usually need a can of beer to prime me.
Norman Mailer quotes: So the blind will lead the blind, and the deaf shout warnings to one another until their voices are lost. So the blind will lead the blind, and the deaf shout warnings to one another until their voices are lost.
Norman Mailer quotes: The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level. The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.
Norman Mailer quotes: I become an actor, a quick-change artist, as if I can trap the Prince of Truth in the act of switching a style. I become an actor, a quick-change artist, as if I can trap the Prince of Truth in the act of switching a style.
Norman Mailer quotes: What is there about polarity that is matter becoming more complex? What is there about polarity that is matter becoming more complex?
Norman Mailer quotes: The sole virtue of losing your short-term memory is that it does free you to be your own editor. The sole virtue of losing your short-term memory is that it does free you to be your own editor.
Norman Mailer quotes: There is probably no heterosexual alive who is not preoccupied with his latent homosexuality. There is probably no heterosexual alive who is not preoccupied with his latent homosexuality.
Norman Mailer quotes: It takes all kinds to make a world. It takes all kinds to make a world.
Norman Mailer quotes: What's the use of being a writer if you can't irritate a great many people? What's the use of being a writer if you can't irritate a great many people?
Norman Mailer quotes: Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists. Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.
Norman Mailer quotes: So you come soon to power, but you have merely inherited the crisis and yours is the profit of cancer. So you come soon to power, but you have merely inherited the crisis and yours is the profit of cancer.
Norman Mailer quotes: The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution in the soul. The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution in the soul.
Norman Mailer quotes: The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube. The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube.
Norman Mailer quotes: The ultimate tendency of liberalism is vegetarianism. The ultimate tendency of liberalism is vegetarianism.
Norman Mailer quotes: When a novel comes, it's a grace. Something in the cosmos has forgiven you long enough so that you can start. When a novel comes, it's a grace. Something in the cosmos has forgiven you long enough so that you can start.
Norman Mailer quotes: Freaks can be a fount of information. Freaks can be a fount of information.
Norman Mailer quotes: Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men. Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.
Norman Mailer quotes: There's that popular misconception of man as something between a brute and an angel. Actually man is in transit between brute and God. There's that popular misconception of man as something between a brute and an angel. Actually man is in transit between brute and God.
Norman Mailer quotes: Amateurs ... venture into scenes that a writer with more experience (and more professional concern) would bypass or eschew altogether. Amateurs ... venture into scenes that a writer with more experience (and more professional concern) would bypass or eschew altogether.
Norman Mailer quotes: What enables devils to survive is that we are wise enough to understand that there are no answers - there are only questions. What enables devils to survive is that we are wise enough to understand that there are no answers - there are only questions.
Norman Mailer quotes: Repetition kills the soul. Repetition kills the soul.
Norman Mailer quotes: Every time I move I squash something said Loathesome. Every time I move I squash something said Loathesome.
Norman Mailer quotes: Every time a story about me appears in a newspaper, I am injured professionally. Every time a story about me appears in a newspaper, I am injured professionally.
Norman Mailer quotes: God like Us suffers the ambition to make a destiny more extraordinary than was conceived for Him, yes God is like Me, only more so. God like Us suffers the ambition to make a destiny more extraordinary than was conceived for Him, yes God is like Me, only more so.
Norman Mailer quotes: Where, in what cemetery of the heavens, did the tender words of lovers rest when they loved no longer? Where, in what cemetery of the heavens, did the tender words of lovers rest when they loved no longer?
Norman Mailer quotes: Dying can't be all that difficult-up to now everyone has managed to do it. Dying can't be all that difficult-up to now everyone has managed to do it.
Norman Mailer quotes: The Irish are the only men who know how to cry for the dirty polluted blood of all the world. The Irish are the only men who know how to cry for the dirty polluted blood of all the world.
Norman Mailer quotes: Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body - it just wears it out. Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body - it just wears it out.
Norman Mailer quotes: There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same. There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same.
Norman Mailer quotes: Reaching consensus in a group is often confused with finding the right answer. Reaching consensus in a group is often confused with finding the right answer.
Norman Mailer quotes: There are two kinds of brave men: those who are brave by the grace of nature, and those who are brave by an act of will. There are two kinds of brave men: those who are brave by the grace of nature, and those who are brave by an act of will.
Norman Mailer quotes: I don't hate women, but I think they should be kept in cages. I don't hate women, but I think they should be kept in cages.
Norman Mailer quotes: Psychoanalysis and Zen, in my private psychic geometry, are equal to nicotine. They are anti-existential. Nicotine quarantines one out of existence. Psychoanalysis and Zen, in my private psychic geometry, are equal to nicotine. They are anti-existential. Nicotine quarantines one out of existence.
Norman Mailer quotes: You can't be a serious writer of fiction unless you believe the story you are telling. You can't be a serious writer of fiction unless you believe the story you are telling.
Norman Mailer quotes: I start with the idea of constructing a treehouse and end up with a skyscraper made of wood. I start with the idea of constructing a treehouse and end up with a skyscraper made of wood.
Norman Mailer quotes: Horror films do not prepare us for the hours lost in searching after one clear thought. Horror films do not prepare us for the hours lost in searching after one clear thought.
Norman Mailer quotes: Metaphor reveals a writer's true grasp of life. To the degree that you have no metaphor, you have not yet lived much of a life. Metaphor reveals a writer's true grasp of life. To the degree that you have no metaphor, you have not yet lived much of a life.

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