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Norman Mailer Quotes

Every one of my books had killed me a little more Picture Quote #1

No heart is so hard as the timid heart Picture Quote #1

Boredom slays more of existence than war Picture Quote #1

Cancer is the growth of madness denied Picture Quote #1

It all comes down to who does the dishes Picture Quote #1

Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment Picture Quote #1

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Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing Picture Quote #1

In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here, we are experts at that. We use psychic bullets and kill each other cell by cell Picture Quote #1

We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from whom the answers will come. Just when we think we are at our nearest to God, we could be assisting the Devil Picture Quote #1

There’s that popular misconception of man as something between a brute and an angel. Actually man is in transit between brute and God Picture Quote #1

What were the phenomena of the world today? If I knew little else, I knew the answer - war, and the preparations for new war Picture Quote #1

I would introduce myself if it were not useless. The name I had last night will not be the same as the name I have tonight. For the moment, then, let me say that I am thinking of Sam Slovoda Picture Quote #1

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Comfortless was my religion, anxiety of the anxieties, for I believed God was not love, but courage. Love came only as a reward Picture Quote #1

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 and where the person is less good. Writers are like that but don’t admit it Picture Quote #1

I was thinking that surgeons had to be the happiest people on earth. To cut people up and get paid for it-that’s happiness, I told myself Picture Quote #1

It’s absolutely philistine not to recognize what a great book ‘An American Dream’ is. Norman Mailer is his own worst enemy, and if you don’t catch him in a defensive position, he’ll admit it. I’d really like to help that man Picture Quote #1

America has an almost obscene infatuation with itself. Has there ever been a big, powerful country that is as patriotic as America? And patriotic in the tinniest way, with so much flag waving? You’d really think we were some poor little republic, and that if one person lost his religion for one hour, the whole thing would crumble. America is the real religion in this country Picture Quote #1

Amateurs... venture into scenes that a writer with more experience (and more professional concern) would bypass or eschew altogether Picture Quote #1

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Norman Mailer thinks William Burroughs is a genius, which I think is ludicrous beyond words. I don’t think William Burroughs has an ounce of talent Picture Quote #1

There are days when I’ll wake up and think, oh, I’ve really been something. You know, it won’t be the same without me. And then there are days when I wake up and I say, ‘Don’t kid yourself. Your contribution was minimal. You changed very little. Everything you hated prospered’ Picture Quote #1

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 Francisco is a lady Picture Quote #1

To take a few nouns, and a few pronouns, and adverbs and adjectives, and put them together, ball them up, and throw them against the wall to make them bounce. That’s what Norman Mailer did. That’s what James Baldwin did, and Joan Didion did, and that’s what I do - that’s what I mean to do Picture Quote #1

We are close to dead. There are faces and bodies like gorged maggots on the dance floor, on the highway, in the city, in the stadium; they are a host of chemical machines who swallow the product of chemical factories, aspirin, preservatives, stimulant, relaxant, and breathe out their chemical wastes into a polluted air. The sense of a long last night over civilization is back again Picture Quote #1

The great power in America is the corporations - we`re a corporate country. We`re run by a CEO and the stockholders have very little to say on how the corporation is run. Fine, the board of directors run it and the stockholders can just be disgruntled, but who gives a damn? Picture Quote #1

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Did a sense of shame ever reside in our Republican toadies? You can’t stop people who are never embarrassed by themselves. Will’s readiness to turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse can be cited as world class sycophancy Picture Quote #1

There are these two kinds of patriotism. There’s blind patriotism, unflagging patriotism. And then there’s the patriotism that says I live in a democracy and it’s very important for the health and the life of this democracy that it get better all the time, not get worse Picture Quote #1

Everything wrong with America led to the point where the country built that tower of Babel, which consequently had to be destroyed. And then came the next shock. We had to realize that the people that did this were brilliant. It showed that the ego we could hold up until September 10 was inadequate Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Part of living, part of becoming a wise man or a wise woman, is to get to that point where you can have a friend for whom you are genuinely happy when he or she has a success. That’s tough. Very few people get to that point. With writers it’s next to impossible. You can’t really bless a writer who’s as good as yourself Picture Quote #1

I take it for granted that there’s a side of me that loves public action, and there’s another side of me that really wants to be alone and work and write. And I’ve learned to alternate the two as matters develop Picture Quote #1

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Every one of my books had killed me a little more (Norman Mailer Quotes) No heart is so hard as the timid heart (Norman Mailer Quotes) Boredom slays more of existence than war (Norman Mailer Quotes) Cancer is the growth of madness denied (Norman Mailer Quotes) It all comes down to who does the dishes (Norman Mailer Quotes) Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment (Norman Mailer Quotes) Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing (Norman Mailer Quotes) In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here, we are experts at that. We use psychic bullets and kill each other cell by cell (Norman Mailer Quotes) We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from whom the answers will come. Just when we think we are at our nearest to God, we could be assisting the Devil (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 (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 (Norman Mailer Quotes) I would introduce myself if it were not useless. The name I had last night will not be the same as the name I have tonight. For the moment, then, let me say that I am thinking of Sam Slovoda (Norman Mailer Quotes) Comfortless was my religion, anxiety of the anxieties, for I believed God was not love, but courage. Love came only as a reward (Norman Mailer Quotes) 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 and where the person is less good. Writers are like that but don’t admit it (Norman Mailer Quotes) I was thinking that surgeons had to be the happiest people on earth. To cut people up and get paid for it-that’s happiness, I told myself (Norman Mailer Quotes) It’s absolutely philistine not to recognize what a great book ‘An American Dream’ is. Norman Mailer is his own worst enemy, and if you don’t catch him in a defensive position, he’ll admit it. I’d really like to help that man (Norman Mailer Quotes) America has an almost obscene infatuation with itself. Has there ever been a big, powerful country that is as patriotic as America? And patriotic in the tinniest way, with so much flag waving? You’d really think we were some poor little republic, and that if one person lost his religion for one hour, the whole thing would crumble. America is the real religion in this country (Norman Mailer Quotes) Amateurs... venture into scenes that a writer with more experience (and more professional concern) would bypass or eschew altogether (Norman Mailer Quotes) Norman Mailer thinks William Burroughs is a genius, which I think is ludicrous beyond words. I don’t think William Burroughs has an ounce of talent (Norman Mailer Quotes) There are days when I’ll wake up and think, oh, I’ve really been something. You know, it won’t be the same without me. And then there are days when I wake up and I say, ‘Don’t kid yourself. Your contribution was minimal. You changed very little. Everything you hated prospered’ (Norman Mailer Quotes) 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 Francisco is a lady (Norman Mailer Quotes) To take a few nouns, and a few pronouns, and adverbs and adjectives, and put them together, ball them up, and throw them against the wall to make them bounce. That’s what Norman Mailer did. That’s what James Baldwin did, and Joan Didion did, and that’s what I do - that’s what I mean to do (Norman Mailer Quotes) We are close to dead. There are faces and bodies like gorged maggots on the dance floor, on the highway, in the city, in the stadium; they are a host of chemical machines who swallow the product of chemical factories, aspirin, preservatives, stimulant, relaxant, and breathe out their chemical wastes into a polluted air. The sense of a long last night over civilization is back again (Norman Mailer Quotes) The great power in America is the corporations - we`re a corporate country. We`re run by a CEO and the stockholders have very little to say on how the corporation is run. Fine, the board of directors run it and the stockholders can just be disgruntled, but who gives a damn? (Norman Mailer Quotes) Did a sense of shame ever reside in our Republican toadies? You can’t stop people who are never embarrassed by themselves. Will’s readiness to turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse can be cited as world class sycophancy (Norman Mailer Quotes) There are these two kinds of patriotism. There’s blind patriotism, unflagging patriotism. And then there’s the patriotism that says I live in a democracy and it’s very important for the health and the life of this democracy that it get better all the time, not get worse (Norman Mailer Quotes) Everything wrong with America led to the point where the country built that tower of Babel, which consequently had to be destroyed. And then came the next shock. We had to realize that the people that did this were brilliant. It showed that the ego we could hold up until September 10 was inadequate (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 (Norman Mailer Quotes) Part of living, part of becoming a wise man or a wise woman, is to get to that point where you can have a friend for whom you are genuinely happy when he or she has a success. That’s tough. Very few people get to that point. With writers it’s next to impossible. You can’t really bless a writer who’s as good as yourself (Norman Mailer Quotes) I take it for granted that there’s a side of me that loves public action, and there’s another side of me that really wants to be alone and work and write. And I’ve learned to alternate the two as matters develop. (Norman Mailer Quotes)

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