Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

Quote by Norman Mailer

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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.

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Alimony is the curse of the writing class.

Alimony is the curse of the writing class.

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...

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

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