Quotes by Mailer, Norman

Once a newspaper touches a story the facts are lost forever, even to t >>

The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exace >>

Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the h >>

Quotations about Lies and Lying

In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have an >>

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with m >>

When you rationalize, you do just that. You make rational lies. >>

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.

Mailer, Norman