"He was by nature bound to a style of excess … There were times when you would be fed up with him, but if you could conceive of American culture of the past 50 years without Norman Mailer, you would find it a lot drearier."
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E.L. Doctorow, as quoted in "Norman Mailer, the Writer As Writer" by Hillel Italie, of the Associated Press (11 November 2007)
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