Mailer's Law: A thing either gets better or it costs more to run it the way it was.

At bottom, I mean profoundly at bottom, the FBI has nothing to do with Communism, it has nothing to do with catching criminals, it has nothing to do with the Mafia, the syndicate, it has nothing to do with trust-busting, it has nothing to do with interstate commerce, it has nothing to do with anything but serving as a church for the mediocre. A high church for the true mediocre.

Existentialism is the kind of philosophy that makes for legendary children.

If only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve.

I respect most boxers because they're violent people who learned to discipline themselves ... a good boxer is an artist ... Boxing is existential - some fights are better than others.

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

There`s a tendency for Americans, particularly the simpler you are, the more you believe in the president as the kind of person to be.