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{{notice|From {{cite news |last= |first=|date=March 15, 1965 |title=Author's League Panel: Book Reviews and Reviewers|url= |work=Publisher's Weekly |location=New York, NY|page=44-45 |access-date=|ref=harv}}Excerpt from a panel discussion at the ''Authors League of America'' held on March 9, 1965, where Mailer airs his views on reviewers and in turn, reviewers cross-examine Mailer.}} | {{notice|From {{cite news |last= |first=|date=March 15, 1965 |title=Author's League Panel: Book Reviews and Reviewers|url= |work=Publisher's Weekly |location=New York, NY|page=44-45 |access-date=|ref=harv}}Excerpt from a panel discussion at the ''Authors League of America'' held on March 9, 1965, where Mailer airs his views on reviewers and in turn, reviewers cross-examine Mailer.}} | ||
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''An American Dream,'' Mr. Mailer said, seemed to write itself extremely naturally. “A book is prepared in one’s unconscious. The words (call them troops) start marching through your body. If you go out and get drunk one night the troops get bombed and you run into a writer’s block. When your’re working steadily this will not happen.” | ''An American Dream,'' Mr. Mailer said, seemed to write itself extremely naturally. “A book is prepared in one’s unconscious. The words (call them troops) start marching through your body. If you go out and get drunk one night the troops get bombed and you run into a writer’s block. When your’re working steadily this will not happen.” | ||
What effect has success had on him? Mr. Mailer was asked “A big hit changes your life altogether. You become a different person.” He answered. | What effect has success had on him? Mr. Mailer was asked “A big hit changes your life altogether. You become a different person.” He answered. “''[[The Naked and the Dead]]'' changed all my reflexes. Before that I had the value judgments of an infantry-man. Once you have a lot of success you spend an awful lot of time with the officers. As James Jones once said to me, “God damn it, Norman, I’m becoming an officer.” | ||