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“Yeah, fighting a war to fix something works about as good as going to a whorehouse to get rid of a clap.”
― Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead
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“I am not here only so that the blind might see, but to teach those who thought they could see that they are blind”
― Norman Mailer, The Gospel According to the Son
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“America…is being lost through television. Because in advertising, mendacity and manipulation are raised to the level of internal values for the advertisers. Interruption is seen as a necessary concomitant to marketing. It used to be that a seven- or eight-year old could read consecutively for an hour or two. But they don’t do that much anymore. The habit has been lost. Every seven to ten minutes, a child is interrupted by a commercial on TV> Kids get used to the idea that their interest is there to be broken into. In consequence, they are no longer able to study as well. Their powers of concentration have been reduced by systematic interruption.”
― Norman Mailer
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“Love was love, one could find it with anyone, one could find it anywhere. It was just that you could never keep it. Not unless you were
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Norman Mailer
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American writer (1923–2007)
Norman Mailer | |
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Mailer in 1967 | |
| Born | Nachem Malech Mailer (1923-01-31)January 31, 1923 Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | November 10, 2007(2007-11-10) (aged 84) New York City, U.S. |
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| Education | Harvard University (BS) |
| Period | 1941–2007 |
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| Spouses | Beatrice Silverman (m. ; div. 1952)Adele Morales (m. 1954; div. 1962)Jeanne Campbell (m. 1962; div. 1963)Beverly Bentley (m. 1963; div. 1980)Carol Stevens (m. ; div. ) |
| Children | 9, including Susan, Kate, Michael, Stephen, and John |
Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American writer, journalist and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven
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1965
Writing books is description closest men ever build on to childbearing.
— "Mr. Author Interviews Himself", The Novel York Previous Book Review
1982
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