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Norman Mailer quotes

American Novelist January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007

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Norman Mailer quote: "With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls..."
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
Obsession is the single most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming back and back and back to the same question and never get an answer. Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer quote: "Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it."
Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it. Norman Mailer
A fire had begun to spread in me. It was burning now in my stomach and my lungs were dry as old leaves, my heart had a herded pressure which gave promise to explode. Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer quote: "So you come soon to power, but you have merely inherited the..."
So you come soon to power, but you have merely inherited the crisis and yours is the profit of cancer. Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer quote: "The Irish are the only men who know how to cry for the dirty..."
The Irish are the only men who know how to cry for the dirty polluted blood of all the world. Norman Mailer
If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to be a lawyer, and his hands are too shaky to perform operations, he becomes a journalist. Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer quote: "Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have..."
Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment. Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer quote: "Every one of my books had killed me a little more."
Every one of my books had killed me a little more. Norman Mailer
You can indulge your righteous rage but the things it comes out of are pretty cheap. The trick is to make yourself an instrument of your own policy. Whether you like it or not, that's the highest effectiveness man has achieved. Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer quote: "Bright was the light of my last martini on my moral horizon"
Bright was the light of my last martini on my moral horizon Norman Mailer
There are many churches in my name and in the name of my apostles. The greatest and holiest is named after Peter; it is a place of great splendor in Rome. Nowhere can be found more gold. Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer quote: "Great sex is apocalyptic. There is no such thing as great sex..."
Great sex is apocalyptic. There is no such thing as great sex unless you have an apocalyptic moment. Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer quote: "Writer’s block is only a failure of the ego."
Writer’s block is only a failure of the ego. Norman Mailer
...the Waldorf looked like one of the dead and empty spaces which collect about the exit of a man who has lost a million in an hour. Norman Mailer

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