I was a precocious reader.

Quote by Norman Spinrad

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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 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...

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.

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

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...

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 never learned to read music.

I never learned to read music.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

I write in American slang.

I write in American slang.

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.

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...

Is anything accidental?

Is anything accidental?

It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization,...

It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization,...

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

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