There's such a thing as having too much style. I think the only one who ever got away with it is Proust. He really had a perfect mating of material and style. Usually if you have a great style your material will be more constrained. That applies to Henry James and it applies to Hemingway.


The Paris Review, The Art of Fiction No. 193, Issue 181, Summer 2007

Norman Mailer Quotes

There's such a thing as having too much style. I think the only one who ever got away with it is Proust. He really had a perfect mating of material...

There's such a thing as having too much style. I think the only one who ever got away with it is Proust. He really had a perfect mating of material...

There's such a thing as having too much style. I think the only one who ever got away with it is Proust. He really had a perfect mating of material...

There's such a thing as having too much style. I think the only one who ever got away with it is Proust. He really had a perfect mating of material...