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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 that this means... there is some kind of uniform world culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/it-s-trite-to-say-that-the-world-has-gotten-smaller-in-the-age-of/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

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## More by Norman Spinrad

> [The saddest day of your life is when you decide to sell out, and nobody wants to buy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/the-saddest-day-of-your-life-is-when-you-decide-to-sell-out-and/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

> [When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you walk into a bank, you're a bum with money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/when-you-re-in-the-states-and-you-re-a-writer-and-you-ve-got-money/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/it-s-trite-to-say-that-the-world-has-gotten-smaller-in-the-age-of/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

> [“Stay a dreamer, and you'll never have your dream; get down in the nitty-gritty, and when you get your dream you see what horseshit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/stay-a-dreamer-and-you-ll-never-have-your-dream-get-down-in-the-nitty/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

> [“Cat Rambo: Where do you think the perennial debate between what is literary fiction and what is genre is sited? Norman Spinrad: I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/cat-rambo-where-do-you-think-the-perennial-debate-between-what-is/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

> [Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy of Order](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/chaos-is-the-enemy-of-order-but-the-enemy-of-chaos-is-also-the-enemy/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

> [“You can't make a revolutionary omelet without breaking heads.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/you-can-t-make-a-revolutionary-omelet-without-breaking-heads/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

> [I never learned to read music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/i-never-learned-to-read-music/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

> [I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/i-ve-always-been-interested-in-the-relationship-between-total/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

> [There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/there-are-certain-things-that-ordinary-people-have-that-celebrities/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

> [I write in American slang.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/i-write-in-american-slang/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

> [I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/i-must-admit-to-being-greatly-influenced-by-joseph-campbell-s-the/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

> [If it's not American, the French won't go see it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/if-it-s-not-american-the-french-won-t-go-see-it/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

> [I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/i-believe-that-interest-in-heroes-is-universal-and-eternal/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

> [“It ain't power that corrupts, it's the changes you put your head through getting it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/it-ain-t-power-that-corrupts-it-s-the-changes-you-put-your-head/)

[Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/)

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