TheRealQuotes

"The writer can grow as a person or he can shrink. ... His curiosity, his reaction to life must not diminish. The fatal thing is to shrink, to be interested in less, sympathetic to less, desiccating to the point where life itself loses its flavor, and one's passion for human understanding changes to weariness and distaste."

―

Writer Writing

From

Novelist

Added on

About Norman Mailer

Born:

View all quotes from Norman Mailer

"I say to you, you want a thrill, volunteer to be an umpire. I'd like you to go just work the base..."
"I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands."
"Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as..."