I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability to hold the maximum of impossible combinations in one's mind. - Norman Mailer
Growth, in some curious way, I suspect, depends on being always in motion just a little bit, one way or another. - Norman Mailer
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. - Norman Mailer
Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men. - Norman Mailer
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 creation. - Norman Mailer
I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for. - Joan Armatrading
The fact is popular art dates. It grows quaint. How many people feel strongly about Gilbert and Sullivan today compared to those who felt strongly in 1890? - Stephen Sondheim
I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile. - Buddy Guy
I really went back through a lot of the dark corridors of my life in this. I wanted people to know who I am based on my music, not on what they read in the tabloids. - Lisa Marie Presley