“ Mailer, he liked hanging around boxing, because he liked thinking of himself as a fighter, and so all that gesturing and pontificating and sometimes insulting was connected to his masculine sense of self. But I don’t think that was ever the real Mailer.
— Gay Talese in the post: “Literary Greats Talk about how Norman Mailer Blended “Splendid Cock” Swagger with Gentleness.“ Did I mention how excited I am to have Ross writing for GofG?
