I was thinking that surgeons had to be the happiest people on earth. To cut people up and get paid for it-that's happiness, I told myself.
Norman MailerI think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.
Norman MailerThere are two kinds of brave men: those who are brave by the grace of nature, and those who are brave by an act of will.
Norman Mailer