I never saw love as luck, as that gift from the gods which put everything else in place, and allowed you to succeed. No, I saw love as reward. One could find it only after one's virtue, or one's courage, or self-sacrifice, or generosity, or loss, has succeeded in stirring the power of creation. - Norman Mailer. View more images...

I usually need a can of beer to prime me. - Norman Mailer. View more images...

Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit. - Norman Mailer. View more images...

I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge purpose. I think we shrink from the immensity of the purpose we are here for. - Norman Mailer. View more images...