The Curious Quote Wall: 5

“Stupidity is the American disease, and Bush is the form’s master practitioner. He is inept at speaking the English language. And one of the things I believe is necessary about democracy is that the health of democracy- the vibrancy of democracy- depends on the use of language…The vibrancy of democracy depends on language and there’s Bush with his dead-ass language. It’s unforgivable.” –Norman Mailer

“America isn’t producing anymore maverick writers who have a galvanizing place in the cultural life of the nation.”- Norman Mailer

“The ambition of a writer like myself is to become consecutively more disruptive, more dangerous and more powerful.” –Norman Mailer