All Norman Spinrad Quotes
- The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them. Complex
- The saddest day of your life is when you decide to sell out, and nobody wants to buy. Buy
- I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal. Believe
- There is only one definition of science fiction that seems to make sense: 'Science fiction is anything published as science fiction.' Anything Published
- Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype. Archetype
- Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy of Order Chaos
- I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless. Gifted
- 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… Age
- 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… Beginnings
- All fiction is lies – if it weren’t, it would be biography, history, or reportage. All
- 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
- 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. Become Script
- I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Admit
- I never learned to read music. Funny
- I was a precocious reader. Funny
- I write in American slang. American
- If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter. Lives
- If it's not American, the French won't go see it. American
- In America, if you don't do a 100 million dollars, you've done nothing. America
- Is anything accidental? Accidental
- There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have. Celebrities
- You can really do more than you think you can do. Funny
- 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… Any
- I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness. Been
- 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. Bank