What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil.

Quote by Norman Mailer

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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...

Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One...

Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One...

I hate everything which is not in myself.

I hate everything which is not in myself.

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.

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.

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.

The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

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...

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.

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...

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...