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

Quote by Norman Mailer

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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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from...

We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...