Famous As: Author of 'The Naked and the Dead', 'Armies of the Night' and 'The Executioner's Song'
Born On: 1923
Died On: 2007
Born In: Long Branch, New Jersey, United States
Founder / Co Founder: The Village Voice
Died At Age: 84
Norman Kingsley Mailer was an American novelist, essayist, journalist, actor, political activist, filmmaker and playwright. He is widely regarded as one of the pioneering exponents of ‘new journalism’. Mailer grew up in New York and enrolled at Harvard University in aeronautical engineering in 1939, before going on to serve the US Army. Mailer’s experiences in the Army was the inspiration behind ‘The Naked and The Dead’; his first novel. Two of his most famous works are ‘The Executioner’s Song’ and ‘Armies of the Night’; both of which went on to win ‘Pulitzer Prizes’, while the latter also won the ‘National Book Award’. Mailer was also one of the most influential essayists, journalists and political thinkers of his era and wrote plenty of essays that made him a formidable voice of the time. Some of his famous essays include ‘The White Negro’ and ‘On the Steps of The Pentagon’ among others. Some of the publications he wrote for included, ‘The Village Voice’, ‘Esquire and Harper’s’ magazine. His views and thoughts on many subjects became quite impactful. We bring to you a treasure trove of quotes that have been excerpted from his novels, books, essays and writings. Read on to explore a compilation of some of the best known quotes by Norman Mailer, covering various aspects of life. The quotes would surely leave a lasting impression on your mind and leave you inspired.
One thing I've learned in all these years is not to make love when you really don't feel it; there's probably nothing worse you can do to yourself than that.
If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to be a lawyer, and his hands are too shaky to perform operations, he becomes a journalist.
Norman Mailer
The only faithfulness people have is to emotions they're trying to recapture
We are all so guilty at the way we have allowed the world around us to become more ugly and tasteless every year that we surrender to terror and steep ourselves in it.
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.
