Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.

Quote by Norman Mailer

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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...

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.

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,...

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...

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.

The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.

The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.

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.

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

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

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...

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at...

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the...

The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the...

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...