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Three hostile questions in succession greeted Mailer at the close of his reading. One of the critics, before asking the author if he had a penis, asked him to pledge that he would donate the royalties from his book to the black liberation, anti-war, or ecology cause...
...wouldn't dream of doing that," Mailer replied. "I'd rather use the money I earn to make movies than to give it to some bureaucrat I don't know. I'm not that nice...
...Criticized by another for not working to overthrow those in power in America. Mailer said that "mystical ideas are profoundly revolutionary; you can't be a revolutionary without believing that man is extraordinary...
...Throwing bricks is good for some guys and bad for others," Mailer added. "The main thing is to do it authentically...
...largest question raised by the moon-landing, Mailer said, "was whether God or the Devil was at the helm. When it happened, I felt that the world had gone forever out of the control of the people I know...