Quotes by Norman Mailer

The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral...

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

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Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

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

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Obsession is the single most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming...

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Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it...

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It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

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It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest...

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

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In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here,...

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With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power...

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Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was...

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