Quote by Norman Spinrad Download Open image “If it's not American, the French won't go see it.” — Norman Spinrad ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
The French consider themselves the guardians of the world's culture and do not bother to hide the fact, which is annoying, but Paris is… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
France is deeply upset to learn of the monstrous attacks that have just struck the United States… In these terrible circumstances, all French people… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share Image
The film The Conquest will be seen on many different levels and the American point of view is always more technical. The French are less technical - it's 'I like it, or I don't like it.' I hope that this film can have a life in the U.S. - it's the grand country of cinema. I grew up with Hollywood… — Xavier Durringer Copy Share
When I make an American movie it's going to come out all over the world-it doesn't happen the same way for an Italian film… — Monica Bellucci Copy Share Image
France loves American cinema because when an American remake is successful, it makes us money to produce more French films. — Clotilde Hesme Copy Share Image
The French will always do exactly the opposite on what the United States wants regardless of what happens, so we're never going to have… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
People are often frightened of Parisians, but an American in Paris will find no harsher critic than another American. — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national… — Jean-Jacques Annaud Copy Share Image
When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris. — Jean-Jacques Annaud Copy Share Image
In France, if you have any sort of talent, you'd better keep it here. And if you're going to go abroad, it had better not be America. The old battle - American versus Frog cinema. It's ridiculous. — Jean Reno Copy Share
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 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… — Norman Spinrad Copy Share
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
