Faces Quote by Norman Spinrad

“I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces.”

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The saddest day of your life is when you decide to sell out, and nobody wants to buy.

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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.

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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…

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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…

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“Cat Rambo: Where do you think the perennial debate between what is literary fiction and what is genre is sited? Norman Spinrad: I think it’s a load of crap. See my latest column in Asimov’s, particularly re The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I detest the whole concept of genre. A piece of fiction is either a good story well told…

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Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy of Order

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“You can't make a revolutionary omelet without breaking heads.”

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I never learned to read music.

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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.

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There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.

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I write in American slang.

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If it's not American, the French won't go see it.

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It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced to face issues and emotions, feelings, that they have. So it kind of forces them to face it head on, which I think is a really interesting dynamic. And I think it should be interesting and…

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My friends, this body - perhaps more than any other gathering in human history - now faces that difficult task.

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His fingertips slid down from my face, lightly stroking the line of my neck, down toward my shoulder. Everywhere he touched, a trail of…

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So," I said. "Seems you're going to be stuck with me for a while." He smiled. A real smile that lit up his whole…

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We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot of people. A lot of people turn to something that they hope will liberate them without their having to face themselves. That is impossible. We can't do that. We have to be honest with ourselves. We…

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I went to a mosque in Philadelphia with [my wife] in December 24, 1999. And we we went to this mosque in Philly, and I just had such a strong reaction to the prayer. And I was really emotionally - I felt really grounded at that time. And so to be in this prayer and the imam is doing the…

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If I had a million dollars, I just wouldn't just completely set back. I'd have to get out there and show my face to all these good people who like me, I have to get out there and show my face. The only thing that would set me back if I get sick or something or pass away, that's all…

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It is proposed that a form of free dialogue may well be one of the most effective ways of investigating the crisis which faces society, and indeed the whole of human nature and consciousness today. Moreover, it may turn out that such a form of free exchange of ideas and information is of fundamental relevance for transforming culture and freeing…

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