Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Norman Mailer on Wives, Women, Books

Marian Christy's Boston Sunday Globe interview - on elegance, his ex-wives and children, and the discipline of writing: 'I'm as obsessed with [my talent] as a fashion model is about the dimensions of her waist.'

“Norman Mailer on Wives, Women, Books,” an article-interview by Marian Christy in the Boston Sunday Globe (7 December 1980). Mailer talks about elegance, his ex-wives and children, and the discipline of writing and his talent: “What I’m concerned about is my talent becoming larger or smaller. I’m as obsessed with that as a fashion model is about the dimensions of her waist.”

First published: 1980-12-07
Form: article-interview
Lennon & Lennon: 80.17
Cite as: /works/1980-12-07-on-wives-women-books
Last updated: 2026-06-05