"Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing."

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Source : 1965 'Mr Mailer Interviews Himself', in the NewYork Times Book Review,17 Sep.

Norman Mailer

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Men Quotes

“So have your wits about you, and do what you can and dig in, because it might not last.”

Source : "'Ethel' review: Extraordinary Kennedy" by David Wiegand, www.sfgate.com. October 15, 2012.
“I don't need to worry about that, that's always there on a slow simmer. The muscle I have to work on is being more present.”
“We are seldom happy with what we now have, but would go to pieces if we lost any part of it.”
“Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.”
“God made Blues right after he made woman.”
“No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.”
“I love kids; I think they are fun and funny.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We are our own gods and our own demons.”

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