Quotes by Mailer, Norman

The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution's in the soul. >>

In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent. >>

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing. >>

Quotations about Complacency

These are days when no one should rely unduly on his competence. Stren >>

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, b >>

A Frenchman is self-assured because he regards himself personally both >>

America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants who live in the center, in the serene eye of the big wind.

Mailer, Norman