Alimony is the curse of the writing class. Norman Mailer alimonyclasscurse Change image and share on social
Culture's worth huge, huge risks. Without culture we're all totalitarian beasts. Norman Mailer beastculturehuge Change image and share on social
If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to be a lawyer, and his hands are too shaky to perform operations, he becomes a journalist. Norman Mailer handjournalistlawyer Change image and share on social
Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing. Norman Mailer bookchildbearingclose Change image and share on social
It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest wife anyway. Norman Mailer goodidealate Change image and share on social
We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from whom the answers will come. Just when we think we are at our nearest to God, we could be assisting the Devil. Norman Mailer answerassistdevil Change image and share on social
God like Us suffers the ambition to make a destiny more extraordinary than was conceived for Him, yes God is like Me, only more so. Norman Mailer ambitionconceivedestiny Change image and share on social
The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube. Norman Mailer babybookchild Change image and share on social
Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born, little institutional lies from the print of newspapers, the shock waves of television, and the sentimental cheats of the movie screen. Norman Mailer bearcheatday share on social
