To be an existentialist, one must be able to feel oneself-one must know one's desires, one's rages, one's anguish, one must be aware of the character of one's frustration and know what would satisfy it. The over-civilized man can be an existentialist only if it is chic, and deserts it quickly for the next chic.


"The White Negro", first published in Dissent (Summer 1957) - Advertisements for Myself (1959)

Norman Mailer Quotes

To be an existentialist, one must be able to feel oneself-one must know one's desires, one's rages, one's anguish, one must be aware of the character ...

To be an existentialist, one must be able to feel oneself-one must know one's desires, one's rages, one's anguish, one must be aware of the character ...

To be an existentialist, one must be able to feel oneself-one must know one's desires, one's rages, one's anguish, one must be aware of the character ...

To be an existentialist, one must be able to feel oneself-one must know one's desires, one's rages, one's anguish, one must be aware of the character ...