Growth, in some curious way, I suspect, depends on being always in motion just a little bit, one way or another.

Quote by Norman Mailer

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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...

If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to...

If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to...

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow...

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow...

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

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

The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.

The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are...

America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are...

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

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 difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving...

The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving...

You never really know a woman until you meet her in court.

You never really know a woman until you meet 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...

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...

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,...

The horse, with beauty unsurpassed, strength immeasurable and grace unlike any other, still remains humble...

The horse, with beauty unsurpassed, strength immeasurable and grace unlike any other, still remains humble...

Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are.

Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.