“The difference between writing a book and being on television is the d...” — Norman Mailer Quote

“The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube.”

“Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it.”

“Writer’s block is only a failure of the ego.”

“Is it not important to find out how to listen not only to what is being said but to everything - to the noise in the streets, to the chatter of birds, to the noise of the tramcar, to the restless sea, to the voice of your husband, to your wife, to your friends, to the cry of a baby?”

“My brothers and I had a gospel quartet, and that was the only music people listened to. But I was already gravitating towards songs by Sam Cooke, and then one day I put on a Jackie Wilson record, and baby, I was thrown right out of the house.”