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Norman Spinrad Quotes

Norman Spinrad quotes

American Author September 15, 1940

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The saddest day of your life isn't when you decide to sell out. The saddest day of your life is when you decide to sell out and nobody wants to buy. Norman Spinrad
Norman Spinrad quote: "We shall give up the things of childhood -- gods and demons,..."
We shall give up the things of childhood -- gods and demons, planets and suns, guilts and regrets. 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 to think this means there is some kind of uniform world culture. Norman Spinrad
Norman Spinrad quote: "The world has become more complex as technology and easy..."
The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them. 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. Norman Spinrad
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. Norman Spinrad
Norman Spinrad quote: "I never learned to read music."
I never learned to read music. Norman Spinrad
[SF] was a commercial genre born in the old adventure pulp magazinesof the first third of the twentieth century, aimed primarily atadolescent males, which, over the decades, in fits and starts, evolved into an intellectually credible, scientifically germane, transcendental literature without losing its popular base. Of what other literature in the history of the western world can this truly be said? Norman Spinrad
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 market. Norman Spinrad
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 historical biography. Norman Spinrad
Norman Spinrad quote: "When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got..."
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
Norman Spinrad quote: "I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's..."
I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Norman Spinrad
Norman Spinrad quote: "I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal."
I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal. Norman Spinrad
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 given novel. Norman Spinrad
Norman Spinrad quote: "There are certain things that ordinary people have that..."
There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have. Norman Spinrad

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