His plan was to become an engineer, but he began writing short stories, and when he won (the college) a collegiate literary prize, Norman Mailer knew that his true calling was as a writer.

• 他想成为一名工程师。但他开始写一些短小的故事，当他赢得大学的文学奖时，诺曼梅勒知道他真正的梦想是成为一名作家。