Norman Mailer on Writers

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INTERVIEWER: Do you remember where you were when you heard Hemingway had killed himself?

MAILER: I remember it very well… I was truly aghast. A certain part of me has never really gotten over it. In a way, it was a huge warning. What he was saying is, Listen all you novelists out there. Get it straight: when you’re a novelist you’re entering on an extremely dangerous psychological journey, and it can blow up in your face.

— Norman Mailer The Art of Fiction No. 193 The Paris Review