Norman Mailer

"Knowledge is not really power unless you know what to do with it."

"The saddest moment is when you realize that your parents are not gods."

"Patience is the art of not screaming in your own face."

"We are not here to be entertained - we are here to be transcended."

"There is nothing more important than the integrity of one's work."

"The enemy is oneself - always."

"Art is the answer to the question that cannot be asked."

"There's no answer to life except to embrace the adventure of it."

"The mind is the great battlefield of the soul."

"What matters is not whether you believe in God, but whether God believes in you."

"Power is the ability to define reality for another person."

"The greatest danger to freedom is not tyranny but comfort."

"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality."

"We are dying from politeness."

"Dreams are not the problem - it's the waking that causes difficulty."

"The conservative in me wants tradition and order."

"One should pursue the extraordinary."

"The world does not reward virtue, it punishes it."

"Time is the substance of which I am made."

"There is probably no greater pleasure in the world than convincing people to think as you do."

"Health is the first condition of pleasure."

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

"The only way to survive is to move forward - never look back."

"Solitude is the remedy for all ills."

"There is a world of difference between the man who writes and the man who writes well."

"Motivation comes from within - it cannot be given or borrowed."

"The greatest artists are always willing to fail."

"Silence can be more powerful than speech."

"The only good reason to write is to say something that hasn't been said before, or to say something old in a way that's never been heard."

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