Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Literary Lion Not So Sure about the Big Catch Anymore

On reviews and old age: "one of the advantages of getting old is you really don't give a (expletive) anymore. What are they going to do, come and kill me? … Make me immortal!"

On reviews and old age: “one of the advantages of getting old is you really don’t give a (expletive) anymore. What are they going to do, come and kill me? … Make me immortal!”

First published: 2007-01-26
Form: article-interview
Lennon & Lennon: 07.11
Cite as: /works/2007-01-26-literary-lion-big-catch
Last updated: 2026-06-08