In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here, we are experts at that. We use psychic bullets and kill each other cell by cell.

Quote by Norman Mailer

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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...

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.

Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born,...

Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born,...

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

We are close to dead. There are faces and bodies like gorged maggots on the...

We are close to dead. There are faces and bodies like gorged maggots on the...

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...

I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability...

I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability...

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

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

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

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

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

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.

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

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