Quotes from Norman Mailer

Harsh words live in the dungeon of the heart

There is a no man's land between sex and love, and it alters in the night.

The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution in the soul.

Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.

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.

Bright was the light of my last martini on my moral horizon

The more things you own, the more things you need to keep you comfortable.

The paradox is that no love can prove so intense as the love of two narcissists for each other.

I guess all that's left is to love the fire.

You can indulge your righteous rage but the things it comes out of are pretty cheap. The trick is to make yourself an instrument of your own policy. Whether you like it or not, that's the highest effectiveness man has achieved.

Great sex is apocalyptic. There is no such thing as great sex unless you have an apocalyptic moment.