“ 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
“ 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
“ 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
“ 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
“ 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, particular… Norman Spinrad
“ Who was really the cop-out, Jack who went and got what he needed to make his dream real, molding a Jack Barron reality to the shape of his dreams, or me, shaping dreams to the size of mundane reality Norman Spinrad
“ We shall give up the things of childhood -- gods and demons, planets and suns, guilts and regrets. Norman Spinrad
“ It ain't power that corrupts, it's the changes you put your head through getting it. Norman Spinrad
“ [P]ower, terrible, unprecedented power, and with it came the unavoidable choice that had faced every power-junkie since time began: to have the sheer gall to fake being something greater than a man, o… Norman Spinrad
