Norman Spinrad quotes

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype. (Norman Spinrad)
I write in American slang. View quote
Norman Spinrad
I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces. View quote
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What moral obligation do you have to those who willfully refuse to open their eyes and deem you mad for seeing? View quote
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Does something truly speak to me from beyond the void, or is it merely my own desire? View quote
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I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless. View quote
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It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization, but my travels have told me that it's wrong to think this means there is some kind of uniform world culture. View quote
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The saddest day of your life isn't when you decide to sell out. The saddest day of your life is when you decide to sell out and nobody wants to buy. View quote
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Was not the arbitrary distinction between illusion and reality the ultimate illusion itself? View quote
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I could not deny that my spirit was amorally attracted to this ultimate temptation as my conscience was morally repelled by it. View quote
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You can really do more than you think you can do. (Norman Spinrad)
If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter. View quote
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As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography. View quote
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The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary mode he or she chooses to deal with in any given novel. View quote
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I was a precocious reader. View quote
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There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have. View quote
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I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness. View quote
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I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal. View quote
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I never learned to read music. View quote
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Is anything accidental? View quote
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If it's not American, the French won't go see it. (Norman Spinrad)
In America, if you don't do a 100 million dollars, you've done nothing. View quote
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English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market. View quote
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I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can work back and forth between French and English. View quote
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At that moment, I do now truly believe, the deed was done, in the sense that the decision of the will is the true essence of the act. View quote
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