There's nothing glorious about being a professional. . . . Professionalism probably comes down to being able to work on a bad day.
Norman MailerPsychoanalysis and Zen, in my private psychic geometry, are equal to nicotine. They are anti-existential. Nicotine quarantines one out of existence.
Norman MailerWriting for a newspaper is like running a revolutionary war. You go to battle not when you are ready, but when action offers itself.
Norman Mailer