41 Quotations by Norman Mailer
- 1. A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only b ...
![A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only b .... Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 2. America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredi ...
![America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredi .... Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 3. As many people die from an excess of timidity as from bravery.
![As many people die from an excess of timidity as from bravery.. Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 4. Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to de ...
![Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to de .... Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 5. Boredom slays more of existence than war.
![Boredom slays more of existence than war.. Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 6. Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was picked up from floors st ...
![Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was picked up from floors st .... Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 7. Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born, little institutional lies from th ...
![Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born, little institutional lies from th .... Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 8. Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always livi ...
![Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always livi .... Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 9. Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child.
![Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child.. Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 10. He got a corporation mind. He don't believe in nature; he puts his trust and distrust in man.
![He got a corporation mind. He don't believe in nature; he puts his trust and distrust in man.. Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 11. Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.
![Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.. Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 12. I felt something shift to murder in me. I felt that I was an outlaw, a psychic outlaw, and I liked i ...
![I felt something shift to murder in me. I felt that I was an outlaw, a psychic outlaw, and I liked i .... Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 13. I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creati ...
![I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creati .... Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 14. I usually need a can of beer to prime me.
![I usually need a can of beer to prime me.. Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 15. I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches, I'm afraid of ho ...
![I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches, I'm afraid of ho .... Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 16. If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to be a lawyer, and his hands ...
![If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to be a lawyer, and his hands .... Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 17. In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here, we are experts at that. ...
![In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here, we are experts at that. .... Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 18. In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.
![In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.. Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 19. In my day the library was a wonderful place... We didn't have visual aids and didn't have various pr ...
![In my day the library was a wonderful place... We didn't have visual aids and didn't have various pr .... Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
- 20. It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest wife anyway.
![It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest wife anyway.. Norman Mailer.](/img/view.gif)
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