Growth, in some curious way, I suspect, depends on being always in motion just a little bit, one way or another.
Norman MailerOne of the reasons the English got through all their falls and the loss of their empire, all their disasters, their strikes, their difficulties, their wars through the years was they had Shakespeare to fall back on. And they speak well in England.
Norman MailerGreat sex is apocalyptic. There is no such thing as great sex unless you have an apocalyptic moment.
Norman MailerEverything wrong with America led to the point where the country built that tower of Babel, which consequently had to be destroyed. And then came the next shock. We had to realize that the people that did this were brilliant. It showed that the ego we could hold up until September 10 was inadequate.
Norman Mailer