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Norman Mailer Quotes

The art of the novel is to arrive at that artless point where your characters become more real than yourself Picture Quote #1

Love asks us that we be a little braver than is comfortable, a little more generous, a little more flexible. It means living on the edge more than we care to Picture Quote #1

In my day the library was a wonderful place... We didn’t have visual aids and didn’t have various programs... it was a sanctuary... So I tend to think the library should remain a center of knowledge Picture Quote #1

You can’t be a serious writer of fiction unless you believe the story you are telling Picture Quote #1

Since great writers communicate a vision of existence, one can’t borrow their methods. The method is married to the vision Picture Quote #1

The writer can grow as a person or he can shrink... His curiosity, his reaction to life must not diminish. The fatal thing is to shrink, to be interested in less, sympathetic to less, desiccating to the point where life itself loses its flavor, and one’s passion for human understanding changes to weariness and distaste Picture Quote #1

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The sickness of our times for me has been just this damn thing that everything has been getting smaller and smaller and less and less important, that the romantic spirit has dried up, that there is no shame today. We’re all getting so mean and small and petty and ridiculous, and we all live under the threat of extermination Picture Quote #1

To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how productive he or she is. Taken individual by individual, it is likely that there’s more idleness and abuse of government favors among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged Picture Quote #1

There are four stages to marriage. First there’s the affair, then there’s the marriage, then children, and finally the fourth stage, without which you cannot know a woman, the divorce Picture Quote #1

There was that law of life so cruel and so just which demanded that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same Picture Quote #1

With the pride of an artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists, the small trumpet of your defiance Picture Quote #1

There is no greater importance in all the world like knowing you are right and that the wave of the world is wrong, yet the wave crashes upon you Picture Quote #1

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Women think of being a man as a gift. It is a duty. Even making love can be a duty. A man has always got to get it up, and love isn’t always enough Picture Quote #1

I felt something shift to murder in me. I felt … that I was an outlaw, a psychic outlaw, and I liked it Picture Quote #1

He felt a crude ecstasy. He could not have given the reason, but the mountain tormented him, beckoned him, held an answer to something he wanted. It was so pure, so austere Picture Quote #1

I am convinced the most unfortunate people are those who would make an art of love. It sours other effort. Of all artists, they are certainly the most wretched Picture Quote #1

Love was love, one could find it with anyone, one could find it anywhere. It was just that you could never keep it. Not unless you were ready to die for it Picture Quote #1

Madness is locked beneath. It goes into tissues, is swallowed by the cells. The cells go mad. Cancer is their flag. Cancer is the growth of madness denied Picture Quote #1

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Writing can wreck your body. You sit there on the chair hour after hour and sweat your guts out to get a few words Picture Quote #1

There is probably no sensitive heterosexual alive who is not preoccupied at one time or another with his latent homosexuality Picture Quote #1

He got a corporation mind. He don’t believe in nature; he puts his trust and distrust in man Picture Quote #1

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The art of the novel is to arrive at that artless point where your characters become more real than yourself (Norman Mailer Quotes) Love asks us that we be a little braver than is comfortable, a little more generous, a little more flexible. It means living on the edge more than we care to (Norman Mailer Quotes) In my day the library was a wonderful place... We didn’t have visual aids and didn’t have various programs... it was a sanctuary... So I tend to think the library should remain a center of knowledge (Norman Mailer Quotes) You can’t be a serious writer of fiction unless you believe the story you are telling (Norman Mailer Quotes) Since great writers communicate a vision of existence, one can’t borrow their methods. The method is married to the vision (Norman Mailer Quotes) The writer can grow as a person or he can shrink... His curiosity, his reaction to life must not diminish. The fatal thing is to shrink, to be interested in less, sympathetic to less, desiccating to the point where life itself loses its flavor, and one’s passion for human understanding changes to weariness and distaste (Norman Mailer Quotes) The sickness of our times for me has been just this damn thing that everything has been getting smaller and smaller and less and less important, that the romantic spirit has dried up, that there is no shame today. We’re all getting so mean and small and petty and ridiculous, and we all live under the threat of extermination (Norman Mailer Quotes) To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how productive he or she is. Taken individual by individual, it is likely that there’s more idleness and abuse of government favors among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged (Norman Mailer Quotes) There are four stages to marriage. First there’s the affair, then there’s the marriage, then children, and finally the fourth stage, without which you cannot know a woman, the divorce (Norman Mailer Quotes) There was that law of life so cruel and so just which demanded that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same (Norman Mailer Quotes) With the pride of an artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists, the small trumpet of your defiance (Norman Mailer Quotes) There is no greater importance in all the world like knowing you are right and that the wave of the world is wrong, yet the wave crashes upon you (Norman Mailer Quotes) Women think of being a man as a gift. It is a duty. Even making love can be a duty. A man has always got to get it up, and love isn’t always enough (Norman Mailer Quotes) I felt something shift to murder in me. I felt … that I was an outlaw, a psychic outlaw, and I liked it (Norman Mailer Quotes) He felt a crude ecstasy. He could not have given the reason, but the mountain tormented him, beckoned him, held an answer to something he wanted. It was so pure, so austere (Norman Mailer Quotes) I am convinced the most unfortunate people are those who would make an art of love. It sours other effort. Of all artists, they are certainly the most wretched (Norman Mailer Quotes) Love was love, one could find it with anyone, one could find it anywhere. It was just that you could never keep it. Not unless you were ready to die for it (Norman Mailer Quotes) Madness is locked beneath. It goes into tissues, is swallowed by the cells. The cells go mad. Cancer is their flag. Cancer is the growth of madness denied (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 (Norman Mailer Quotes) There is probably no sensitive heterosexual alive who is not preoccupied at one time or another with his latent homosexuality (Norman Mailer Quotes) He got a corporation mind. He don’t believe in nature; he puts his trust and distrust in man (Norman Mailer Quotes)

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