"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."

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Norman Mailer

#Writing Quotes #Style Quotes #Together Quotes

“Thereâ€™s more to being a warrior than killing. A true warrior â€” the best warrior â€” isnâ€™t cruel or mean. He doesnâ€™t claw an enemy who canâ€™t fight back. Whereâ€™s the honor in that?”
“To the sick man the physician when he enters seems to have three faces, those of a man, a devil, a god. When the physician first comes and announces the safety of the patient, then the sick man says: "Behold a God or a guardian angel!”
“I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. Im constantly revising this as I go along. It gives me the freedom to intricately plot my story, knowing it will at least hold up on a timeline.”
“I'm friends with a lot of actresses, but my 'SNL' friends are my closest. The experience of working there is something of a battleground, a great one, but complicated. I think there's a deep connection for having survived that workplace.”
“In short, Israel is the measure of our failings and our incompetence. We have waited for a great leader for years, but none came; we have waited for a mighty military victory, but we were defeated roundly; we have waited for outside powers (the US or,in its time, the Soviet Union), but none came to our aid. The one thing we have not tried in all seriousness is to rely on OURSELVES: until we do that with a full commitment to success there is no chance that we can advance towards self-determination and freedom from aggression.-1998”

Source : "The End of the Peace Process: Oslo and After".
“Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.”
“I should have considered it wrong to have finished the Frieze before the room for its accommodation and the funds for its completion were available.”
“What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes...”

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