We didn’t win the Cold War, we were just a big bank that bankrupted a smaller bank because we had an arms race that wiped the Russians out. Norman Mailer
At bottom, I mean profoundly at bottom, the FBI has nothing to do with Communism, it has nothing to do with catching criminals, it has nothing to do with the Mafia, the syndicate, it has nothing to do with trust-busting, it has nothing to do with interstate commerce, it has nothing to do with anything but serving as a church for the mediocre. A high church for the true mediocre. Norman Mailer
Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most. Norman Mailer
There are four stages in a marriage. First there’s the affair, then the marriage, then children and finally the fourth stage, without which you cannot know a woman, the divorce. Norman Mailer
The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube. Norman Mailer
Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing. Norman Mailer
The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people. Norman Mailer
So we think of Marilyn who was every man’s love affair with America. Marilyn Monroe who was blonde and beautiful and had a sweet little rinky-dink of a voice and all the cleanliness of all the clean American backyards. Norman Mailer
The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation. Norman Mailer
Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment. Norman Mailer