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Norman Mailer Quotes
«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.»
«You never really know a woman until you meet her in court»
Author: Norman Mailer
«Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation.»
«Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.»
«I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.»
«The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.»
Author: Norman Mailer
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«Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.»
Author: Norman Mailer
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«What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil.»
Author: Norman Mailer
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characterize, characterizes, exceptional, Forces of Evil, insignificant, marvelous, member, minority, minority group
«Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day»
Author: Norman Mailer
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