Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.
Norman Mailer quote Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.
Norman Mailer quote Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation.
Norman Mailer quote When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write.
Norman Mailer quote With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance.
Norman Mailer quote Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it.
Norman Mailer quote There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same.
Norman Mailer quote There's a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced by the sort of half sex that one finds in advertisements.
Norman Mailer quote Biography
American novelist 1923-
