Culture's worth huge, huge risks. Without culture we're all totalitarian beasts.

Quote by Norman Mailer

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It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest...

It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest...

Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.

Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.

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.

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...

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...

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...

There are four stages in a marriage. First there's the affair, then the marriage, then...

There are four stages in a marriage. First there's the affair, then the marriage, then...

Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was...

Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was...

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...

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...

There is nothing safe about sex. There never will be.

There is nothing safe about sex. There never will be.

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.

The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on...

The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on...

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...

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

You don't know a women till you've met her in court.

You don't know a women till you've met her in court.

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.

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here,...

In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here,...

I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge...

I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge...