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> [“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 it was in the first place.”](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/)

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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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