Norman Mailer was a Hurricane

"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."

"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."

"Culture's worth huge, huge risks. Without culture we're all totalitarian beasts."

Norman Mailer
January 31, 1923 - November 10, 2007