Norman Mailer Quote

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.


"Hip, Hell, and the Navigator" in Western Review No. 23 (Winter 1959); republished in Conversations with Norman Mailer (1988) edited by J. Michael Lennon.


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.

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.

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.

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.