America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants who live in the center, in the serene eye of the big wind.

Quote by Norman Mailer

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Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it...

Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it...

Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in...

Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in...

Dying cant be all that difficult, up to now everyone has managed to do it.

Dying cant be all that difficult, up to now everyone has managed to do it.

Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it.

Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it.

I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches,...

I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches,...

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power...

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power...

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one...

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one...

The Irish are the only men who know how to cry for the dirty polluted...

The Irish are the only men who know how to cry for the dirty polluted...

You don't know a woman until you have met her in court.

You don't know a woman until you have met her in court.

What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see...

What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see...

Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.

Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.

The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.

The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.

The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral...

The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral...

Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands...

Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands...

There's a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced...

There's a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced...

Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.

Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.

When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a...

When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a...

Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens...

Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens...

God like Us suffers the ambition to make a destiny more extraordinary than was conceived...

God like Us suffers the ambition to make a destiny more extraordinary than was conceived...

Obsession is the single most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming...

Obsession is the single most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming...