436 Quotes by Norman Mailer

The Frenchman Jean-PaulSartre ... had a dialectical mind good as a machine for cybernetics, immense in its way, he could peel a nuance like an onion, but he had no sense of evil, the anguish of God, and the possible existence of Satan.

Love asks us that we be a little braver than is comfortable, a little more generous, a little more flexible. It means living on the edge more than we care to.

The ultimate tendency of liberalism is vegetarianism.

When considering regulations, half of what is published is probably 50 % incorrect. The rest is 75 % wrong.

Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day.

Is there meat in these? I'm a vegetarian.

There are two kinds of brave men: those who are brave by the grace of nature, and those who are brave by an act of will.

To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how productive he or she is. Taken individual by individual, it is likely that there's more idleness and abuse of government favors among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged.

You're gambling with something vital. Most writers get smashed egos.