Who said “There's a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business…”?

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Norman Mailer. A published source records them saying or writing it.

Source"Petty Notes on Some Sex in America" first published in Playboy magazine (1961 - 1962)

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“There's a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced by the sort of half sex that one finds in advertisements.”
Verified"Petty Notes on Some Sex in America" first published in Playboy magazine (1961 - 1962) · evidencePornography

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Mailer, N. (n.d.). There's a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced by the sort of half sex that one finds in advertisements. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/33492-theres-a-subterranean-impetus-towards-pornography-so/

MLA

Mailer, Norman. “There's a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced by the sort of half sex that one finds in advertisements.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/33492-theres-a-subterranean-impetus-towards-pornography-so/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Mailer, Norman. “There's a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced by the sort of half sex that one finds in advertisements.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/33492-theres-a-subterranean-impetus-towards-pornography-so/.