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{{" '}}[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4729984/Yes-I-misbehaved-sometimes.html Yes, I Misbehaved Sometimes].{{' "}} Article-interview by Zoe Heller, ''Daily Telegraph'', 3 March, 19. Omnibus piece that focuses mainly on {{NM}}’s feeling toward women. Asked about his negative comments about women writers in ''Advertisements for Myself'' ([[59.13]]), Mailer replies: | |||
{{cquote|Look, I got carried away. I didn’t edit myself as carefully as I do these days. I happened to grow up in a family with a lot of wonderful adoring women—a marvelous strong mother and a lot of terrific aunts. So I took it for granted that I could say anything I wanted about women because they knew I loved them.}} | {{cquote|Look, I got carried away. I didn’t edit myself as carefully as I do these days. I happened to grow up in a family with a lot of wonderful adoring women—a marvelous strong mother and a lot of terrific aunts. So I took it for granted that I could say anything I wanted about women because they knew I loved them.}} | ||
Latest revision as of 16:46, 16 May 2019
“‘Yes, I Misbehaved Sometimes.’” Article-interview by Zoe Heller, Daily Telegraph, 3 March, 19. Omnibus piece that focuses mainly on Mailer’s feeling toward women. Asked about his negative comments about women writers in Advertisements for Myself (59.13), Mailer replies:
| “ | Look, I got carried away. I didn’t edit myself as carefully as I do these days. I happened to grow up in a family with a lot of wonderful adoring women—a marvelous strong mother and a lot of terrific aunts. So I took it for granted that I could say anything I wanted about women because they knew I loved them. | ” |
He also speaks of his ambition: “My theory of writing books has always been that it’s better to try for something big and fail than not to try at all.”
