Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born, little institutional lies from the print of newspapers, the shock waves of television, and the sentimental cheats of the movie screen.
Norman MailerI do believe that America's deepest political sickness is that it is a self-righteous nation.
Norman MailerAmateurs... venture into scenes that a writer with more experience (and more professional concern) would bypass or eschew altogether.
Norman Mailer