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- “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.
- “Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.” ― Norman Mailer.
- “Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision.” ― Norman Mailer.
- “You never do find out what makes you tick, and after a while it's unimportant.” ― Norman Mailer.
- Reaching consensus in a group is often confused with finding the right answer. Norman Mailer. Confused, Groups, Answers.
- It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions. Norman Mailer. Men, Literature, Action.
- I really am a pessimist. I've always felt that fascism is a more natural governmental condition than democracy. Democracy is a grace. It's something essentially splendid because it's not at all routine or automatic.
- We love those who can lead us to a place we will never reach without them. Norman Mailer. Cute, Cute Friendship.
May 6, 2024 · Here’s a little something I wrote which is connected to Mailer’s thought. And then it’s all just highlighted quotes from his collected letters (1940-2007). (Me): As far as writing fiction or anything long (including nonfiction): I just haven’t had the heart in it lately.
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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.
Sorted alphabetically by author or sourceThe idea to make New York City a state, in case you didn't know, is not original with me...Most people, however, will remember the statehood idea as it was first put forth in Norman Mailer's campai...That's a photograph of Norman Mailer. He was a very great writer; he, uh, donated his ego to the Harvard Medical School for study.How refreshing to go from Norman Mailer to Toni Morrison!Norman Mailer on IMDb"Superman Comes to the Supermarket," article by Mailer on John F. Kennedy, Esquiremagazine (November 1960)Jul 11, 2018 · Adam Gopnik on Norman Mailer’s book “The Armies of the Night,” which tells of how one generation of American radicals confronted and comically misunderstood the next.
Dec 8, 2023 · May these Norman Mailer Quotes On Success inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams. 1. ” Khomeini has offered us the opportunity to regain our frail religion, faith in the power of words.”
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Jun 24, 2014 · Lennon avoids flourishes of style and presents the facts cleanly, modulating with ease between explication of facts, letters, quotes from texts by Mailer and others, and occasional personal input (he was a close friend of Mailer’s for over two decades).
