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Norman Mailer Quotes about Style

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A really good style comes only when a man has become as good as he can be. Style is character. A good style cannot come from a bad undisciplined character.

A really good style comes only when a man has become as good as he can be. Style is character. A good style cannot come from a bad undisciplined character.

Norman Mailer
Character, Men, Style
Norman Mailer, Michael Lennon (1988). “Conversations with Norman Mailer”, p.88, Univ. Press of Mississippi

If you can change style, why stick to one style? Style is a vanity because it gives you product identification.

Norman Mailer
Vanity, Giving, Style

I become an actor, a quick-change artist, as if I can trap the Prince of Truth in the act of switching a style.

Norman Mailer
Artist, Style, Actors
Norman Mailer (1992). “Advertisements for Myself”, p.18, Harvard University Press

I don't read other writers because I'm writing all the time. It's too disturbing to read a writer with a good style when you're in the middle of putting your work together.

Norman Mailer
Writing, Style, Working Together
Source: www.esquire.com

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