People move forward into the future out of the way they comprehend the past. When we don't understand something in our past, we are therefore crippled.
Norman MailerThe greater the power of any subjective state, the more total is a Romantic's assumption that everyone understands exactly what he is about to do, therefore waste not a moment by stopping to tell them.
Norman MailerIf only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve.
Norman MailerFascism is more of a natural state than democracy. To assume blithely that we can export democracy into any country we choose can serve paradoxically to encourage more fascism at home and abroad. Democracy is a state of grace that is attained only by those countries who have a host of individuals not only ready to enjoy freedom but to undergo the heavy labor of maintaining it.
Norman Mailer