Norman Mailer

9 quotations
The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution's in the soul.
Norman Mailer · Desire
In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.
Norman Mailer · Irreverence
Once a newspaper touches a story the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.
Norman Mailer · Newspapers
Left-wingers are incapable of conspiring because they are all egomaniacs.
Norman Mailer · Liberals
I usually need a can of beer to prime me.
Norman Mailer · Motivation
Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child.
Norman Mailer · Photography
There is nothing safe about sex. There never will be.
Norman Mailer · Sex
Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.
Norman Mailer · Sophistication
Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.
Norman Mailer · Writers and Writing

Subjects Norman Mailer spoke about

Desire Irreverence Liberals Motivation Newspapers Photography Sex Sophistication Writers and Writing