An interview with Norman Mailer

with Norman Mailer
in Current Affairs
on Thursday, December 19, 1996 * * * * *

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A discussion with Norman Mailer about the politics of 1996 and the aesthetic destruction of America by U.S. corporations as well as the reasons for Bill Clinton's reelection.

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    1. X  11/16/2007 06:10 AM Report

      Norman: You can break your heart trying to be great and failing.

      Charlie: Yeah, but why not? It seems to be if you want to be president you ought to want to be great. If you want to be a novelist you ought to want to write as well as YOU write.

      Norman: If you're going to be great, you've got to get attacked. And he's been attacked so much on his personal life, the first four years, that I think he may be a little weary of being attacked. It's not enough to wish to be great. Any athlete knows that you can wish to be a great athlete but the punishment you're going to have to take is incredible.

      Charlie: You've got to have not only the physical will but the mental will to do it.

      Norman: Yeah, you really have to be able to live in pain for long periods.

      (Translation: Learning to love conflict and anguish is essential to influence.)