Norman Mailer

"Marriage is a contract - but between whom, for what, and why?"

"One must learn to forgive what is most difficult to forgive - failure."

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

"Journalism is literature in a hurry."

"All violence is the voice of the desperate."

"Success is the most boring thing in the world."

"The worst of Americans is their sense of humor."

"Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life."

"If the world is in chaos, it is because man lives in chaos."

"The technology of our time is nothing more than our nervous systems."

"I would like to write a book about getting old."

"Courage is grace under pressure."

"The most horrible thing about modern life is the meaninglessness of it."

"We have different kinds of love - the love of the soul and the love of the body."

"Every moment contains the possibility of everything."

"One should never underestimate the intelligence of one's audience."

"The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated."

"An act of violence by a private citizen is only of importance if it is also an act of imagination."

"The snob is the person who believes that there is a proper place for everything and that it must always remain there."

"The creative individual is a person who can be objective about his or her own work."

"History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul."

"Talent is a form of energy - it must move or it will stagnate."

"There is an honorable tradition of lying in literature."

"We do not think our way through the world but imagine our way through it."

"Death is the only real perspective on life."

"The price of success is to be able to live in the world."

"A man's life is determined by the fact that he thinks - that he is aware."

"The only time I ever feel right is when I'm working."

"America is the land where everything is possible - that is both its glory and its curse."

"To be happy one must have a sense of purpose."