Norman Spinrad Quotes
Was not the arbitrary distinction between illusion and reality the ultimate illusion itself?
Quotes to Explore
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
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In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and you can imagine the culture shock; the Civil War seeps into daily life and conversation down South in a way it never does up North.
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Glamorized... am I glamorous?
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I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future!
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I was lucky enough to go to an all-boys prep school in upstate New York that had a film program, so we had access to 16mm Bolex cameras, Nagra sound recorders, Arriflex cameras. We even had an Oxberry animation stand!
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He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
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The worst thing you can do after a test screening is slash it for the lowest common denominator.
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The more the father is involved, the more easily the child makes open, receptive, and trusting contact with new people in its life.
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Dream within a dream, Our dream deferred. Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard?
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But in the Middle Ages people were convinced there were witches. They looked for them and they certainly found them.
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It's very important to understand that we never do the same thing twice; each of our projects is unique. We'll never do another 'Gates.' Each project is a unique image. We do not know in advance how the work will look. I do preparatory drawings, but they are only projections of our vision.
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The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time, it is common to all, hence the incomparably indivisible union that exists between human beings.
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Fashion is a mirror, reflecting the culture.
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In a lot of ways, TV writing taught me how to be a good storyteller. I learned about dialogue, scenes, moving the plot forward.
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The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying.
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The only way you can get to know each other is by hanging out.
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Often, the people who speak loudest about republican values are the least when it comes to honouring them.
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I don't live in Los Angeles. I work in Los Angeles, and even that - I audition in Los Angeles; I very rarely film in Los Angeles. I don't hang out with producers on my off-hours, so I don't even know what that world is like.
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When the weather is really hot, I tend to live in denim cut-offs.
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Entrepreneurs cannot be happy people until they have seen their visions become the new reality across all of society.
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The brotherhood of man is not a mere poet’s dream: it is a most depressing and humiliating reality.
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Was not the arbitrary distinction between illusion and reality the ultimate illusion itself?
