A really good style comes only when a man has become as good as he can be. Style is character. A good style cannot come from a bad undisciplined character.
Norman MailerPrevarication, like honesty, is reflexive, and soon becomes a sturdy habit, as reliable as truth.
Norman MailerThere`s a tendency for Americans, particularly the simpler you are, the more you believe in the president as the kind of person to be.
Norman MailerWhat characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil.
Norman Mailer