There are four stages in a marriage. First there's the affair, then the marriage, then children and finally the fourth stage, without which you cannot know a woman, the divorce.

Quote by Norman Mailer

Topics: Marriage Quotes, Success Quotes

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...

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...

Dying cant be all that difficult, up to now everyone has managed to do it.

Dying cant be all that difficult, up to now everyone has managed to do it.

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...

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...

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...

I hate everything which is not in myself.

I hate everything which is not in myself.

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...

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge...

I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge...

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 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 few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.

In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.