“ It comes as no surprise to find [Norman] Mailer embracing [in the book ] a form of Manicheanism, pitting the forces of light and darkness against each other in a permanent stand-off, with humanity as… Christopher Hitchens
“ Flannery O'Connor had a certain genius. I don't think John Updike has, or Norman Mailer or William Styron, all of whom are talented, but they don't exceed themselves in any way. Norman Mailer thinks W… Truman Capote
“ But the young educated adults of the 90s -- who were, of course, the children of the same impassioned infidelities and divorces Mr. Updike wrote about so beautifully -- got to watch all this brave new… David Foster Wallace
“ Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his… Norman Mailer
“ At this stage of the game, I don’t have the time for patience and tolerance. Ten years ago, even five years ago, I would have listened to people ask their questions, explained to them, mollified them.… Anton Szandor LaVey
“ En muchos vecindarios, sin embargo, las calles son pacíficas y fantasmales. La otra parte del mundo podrá avanzar vertiginosamente, pero no en una pobre manzana de casuchas destartaladas donde el únic… Ezequiel de rosso
“ Fragmento de El fantasma de Harlot(una historia novelada de la CIA), Norman Mailer ,1991)En muchos vecindarios, sin embargo, las calles son pacíficas y fantasmales. La otra parte del mundo podrá avanz… Ezequiel de rosso
“ Aukeman quotes Norman Mailer:No wonder then that these have been the years of conformity and depression. A stench of fear has come out of every pore of American life and we suffer from a collective fa… Anastasia Aukeman
“ 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 ready to die for it. Norman Mailer
“ I heard from clear across the city, over the Hudson in the Jersey yards, one fierce whistle of a locomotive which took me to a train late at night hurling through the middle of the West, its iron shri… Norman Mailer
