Slang Quote by Norman Spinrad Download Open image “I write in American slang.” — Norman Spinrad ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Slang Writing
In general, American slang is much better than English slang. The entire world picks up American slang. — Jesse Sheidlower Copy Share Image
I really like language - and slang in particular, and just the shorthand we use when we communicate with people. — Brian Azzarello Copy Share Image
I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language. — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang. — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English. — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
My English wasn't that good at first, and I made mistakes, especially with the slang. — Morten Andersen Copy Share Image
My life changed forever when I found out the word slang was actually slang for shortened language — Ramandeep Singh Copy Share Image
The saddest day of your life is when you decide to sell out, and nobody wants to buy. — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
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. — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
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… — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
“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… — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
“Cat Rambo: Where do you think the perennial debate between what is literary fiction and what is genre is sited? Norman Spinrad: I think… — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy of Order — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness. — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have. — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces. — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
I was able to make up lots of portementos, literally hundreds and hundreds of words... See, I find that mine don't have any meanings.… — Elizabeth Fraser Copy Share Image
I have no desire to be hip to the latest black slang and do the stereotypical black thing. I was a Richard Pryor fan,… — Franklyn Ajaye Copy Share Image
I would rather have written Fables in Slang than be President. — William Allen White Copy Share Image
There's an old little jingle: 'The chief use of slang is to show that you're one of the gang.' What that means is that… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
My life changed forever when I found out the word slang was actually slang for shortened language — Ramandeep Singh Copy Share Image
Such is life, my fellow-mummers-just like a poor player that bluffs and feints his hour upon the stage, and then cheapens down to mere… — Joseph Furphy Copy Share Image
I use 'wicked' all the time! It's part of my slang! When something's really rad, I'm like, 'That's wicked.' It has many meanings but… — Stella Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you use a colloquialism or a slang word or phrase, simply use it; do not draw attention to it by enclosing it in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“On the whole I try to keep Modesty and Willie in timeless settings, which is why I avoid all the latest slang and in-words.… — Peter O'Donnell Copy Share Image
“The inability to correctly perceive reality is often responsible for humans' insane behavior. And every time they substitute an all-purpose, sloppy slang word for… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“Are you okay? Did that dickwad do or say something out of pocket to you?” Her eyes slid open. “Dickwad?” she murmured. “Have you… — Jamie Wesley Copy Share Image
