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Norman Mailer Quotes about Literature

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It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

Norman Mailer
Men, Literature, Action
Norman Mailer (2013). “The Deer Park: A Novel”, p.200, Random House

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same.

Norman Mailer
Inspirational, Law, Literature
Norman Mailer, Michael Lennon (1988). “Conversations with Norman Mailer”, p.389, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

Norman Mailer
Literature, Revolution, Individual
"Barbary Shore". Book by Norman Mailer, 1951.

I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability to hold the maximum of impossible combinations in one's mind.

Norman Mailer
Secret, Mind, Literature
Norman Mailer (2013). “An American Dream: A Novel”, p.153, Random House

The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation.

Norman Mailer
Events, Literature, Size
A Fire on the Moon (1970) pt. 1, ch. 2

Movies are more likely than literature to reach deep feelings in people.

Norman Mailer
People, Feelings, Literature
Norman Mailer (2003). “The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing”, p.198, Random House

Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.

Norman Mailer
Wise, Giants, Literature
Dissent Summer 1957, p. 281

I hate everything which is not in myself.

Norman Mailer
Hate, Ego, Literature
Norman Mailer (2013). “The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author”, p.164, Henry Holt and Company

When I read it ["Tough Guys Don't Dance"], I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write.

Norman Mailer
Book, Writing, Literature
The New York Times, June 8, 1984.

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