Norman Spinrad

We shall give up the things of childhood -- gods and demons, planets and suns, guilts and regrets. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#science-fiction #inspirational

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#manipulation #mexico #more #myth

I never learned to read music. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#learned #music #never #read

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#eternal #heroes #i #i believe #i believe that

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

#because #become #between #doctor #english

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

— Norman Spinrad

#being #campbell #faces #greatly #hero

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

#because #biggest #design #dominates #english

I was a precocious reader. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#precocious #reader

I write in American slang. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#i #i write #slang #write

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

#been #between #consciousness #culture #etc