Norman Mailer Quotes

Growth, in some curious way, I suspect, depends on being always in motion just a little bit, one way or another.

Norman Mailer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 31, 1923 - November 10, 2007

Topics

GrowthCuriousWayAlwaysLittle

I'd love to do something where I have to completely transform. Or something that is very physical and would test me with discipline in that way. Something that I'd maybe have to train for.

Jodie Comer

LoveDisciplineMeTrainTestWay

Sometimes you don't understand what you're going through until you're on the other side of it.

Jenny Lewis

YouSometimesUnderstandSideGoing

I'm big on being positive. I'm generally so positive and happy. I just always felt that I was exactly where I wanted to be. And things have continued to go in great directions.

Andy Cohen

PositiveGreatHappyGoAlwaysBig

Every time I see somebody behaving truly insanely in real life, I think, 'Yes! I'm not over the top after all!'

John Lithgow

LifeTimeThinkTopRealSee

Extracting oil from the tar sands is a nasty, polluting, energy-intensive business.

Jeff Goodell

BusinessOilNastySandsPolluting

Most of those people who saw themselves as literary types at university became bank managers.

Simon Mawer

PeopleBankUniversitySawWhoMost

Even in school, I was that kid others tried to pull down because I was naughty and did well in sports and academics. Life has trained me well.

Ritika Singh

LifeSportsSchoolMeDownOthers

Where I am they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn't get past Hugo.

Mickey Spillane

PastI AmHouseSmellOutGet

I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.

Milton Berle

NeverStarBecauseCannotBeenFar

I don't keep any copy of my books around... they would embarass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them.

Ludwig Bemelmans

MeWritingCopyDoneFinishKick

I'm good at following my own grooming advice.

Jonathan Van Ness

GoodAdviceMy OwnOwnGrooming

My friends would probably describe me as silly. And honest. And that I think about things a bit too much.

Jonathan Brandis

MeThinkFriendsSillyToo Much

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