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

Quote by Norman Spinrad

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

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

As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading...

As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading...

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.

I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix,...

I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix,...

I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can...

I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can...

When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you...

When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you...

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

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

I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless.

I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless.

If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter.

If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter.

I was a precocious reader.

I was a precocious reader.

Is anything accidental?

Is anything accidental?

English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's...

English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's...

In America, if you don't do a 100 million dollars, you've done nothing.

In America, if you don't do a 100 million dollars, you've done nothing.

I write in American slang.

I write in American slang.

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing...

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing...

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

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

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary...

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary...

You can really do more than you think you can do.

You can really do more than you think you can do.

I never learned to read music.

I never learned to read music.