Best Norman Mailer Quotations
- Simple narcissism gives the power of beasts to politicians, professional wrestlers and female movie stars. Beast
- Horror films do not prepare us for the hours lost in searching after one clear thought. Clear
- To be married to a good woman is to live with tender surprise. Good
- The contradictory remarks of politicians are forgotten; the more asinine predictions of pundits are buried with mercy. Asinine
- You can't be a serious writer of fiction unless you believe the story you are telling. Believe
- We are in love with the word. We are proud of it. The word precedes the formation of the state. The word comes to us… All
- I hate everything which is not in myself. Ego
- Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most. Count
- Indeed the early history of rocket design could be read as the simple desire to get the rocket to function long enough to give an… Been
- Chicago is the great American city, New York is one of the capitals of the world, and Los Angeles is a constellation of plastic; San… American
- Since great writers communicate a vision of existence, one can't borrow their methods. The method is married to the vision. Borrow
- We live in a time which has created the art of the absurd. It is our art. It contains happenings, Pop art, camp, a theater… Absurd
- Short-term amnesia is not the worst affliction if you have an Irish flair for the sauce. Affliction
- As many people die from an excess of timidity as from bravery. Bravery
- One will feel the same subtle nausea coming into the city or waiting to depart from it that one feels now in such plastic catacombs… Catacombs
- What's not realized about good novelists is that they're as competitive as good athletes. They study each other - where the other person is good… Admit
- Nearly everything in the scheme of things works to dull a first-rate talent. But the worst probably is cowardice. Courage
- The world's not what I want it to be. But then no one ever said I had the right to design the world. Design
- I certainly do have this feeling of affection for the absolute sense of intellectual freedom that exists as a live nerve, a live wire, right… Absolute
- The only journey of knowledge is from the depth of one being to the heart of another. Depth
- What is there about polarity that is matter becoming more complex? Becoming
- Comfortless was my religion, anxiety of the anxieties, for I believed God was not love, but courage. Love came only as a reward. Anxieties
- The women's movement is filled with tyrants, just as men's political movements are equally filled. Equally
- I've made an ass of myself so many times I often wonder if I am one. Ass
- 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… Arm
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