Edmund Crispin Quotes
As the popularity of science-fiction increases, so inevitably does the volume of clownish imprecation against it.

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'Kahaani' gave me popularity and 'Gangs of Wasseypur' stardom.
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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
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I don't want anybody to not recognize how appreciative I am of the volume of e-mails I get.
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For some critics we might be uncool on account of our popularity.
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I used to read science fiction a lot, and I still like science fiction when it is a model of how we really are and to see ourselves from another perspective.
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Women on the way up generally fail to win popularity contests. The only compensation is that once you're there you will become very well liked.
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[Science fiction is] that class of prose narrative treating of a situation that could not arise in the world we know, but which is hypothesised on the basis of some innovation in science or technology, or pseudo-science or pseudo-technology, whether human or extra-terrestrial in origin. It is distinguished from pure fantasy by its need to achieve verisimilitude and win the 'willing suspension of disbelief' through scientific plausibility.
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Horse racing is waning in popularity.
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A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity, and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public hates at first sight.
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I've never felt a desire (and I don't believe I ever shall) to bring the public to my work... a certain popularity seems to me the least desirable of things.
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Nature is a volume of which God is the author.
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My reason for choosing diamonds is that, dense as they are, they represent the greatest worth in the smallest volume.
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Now why the hell would I want to increase the volume of my ejaculation ? They can already hear me in the apartment next door.
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Popularity is a bubble. It's a mountain: you can go up really hard but walk down really fast.
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Science fiction really is the only genre that lets you use your imagination without limitations.
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The freedom of any society varies proportionately with the volume of its laughter.
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Success breeds volume, and it's just amazing how many young writers, artists, and musicians there are in town.
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Bellamy had come down from scanning the heavens only to find himself in the depths of hell.
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Just because Iran and Syria may recognize Assad's weaknesses doesn't necessarily mean that Assad recognizes his weaknesses.
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I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
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It is kind of hard to hold a lot in. But for me… it’s sometimes even harder to let it out.
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I think where I am not, therefore I am where I do not think. I am not whenever I am the plaything of my thought; I think of what I am where I do not think to think.
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There was a strange atmosphere on the set because we were filming in this large house, which was used for troubled children. You'd go in and find walls had been burnt down. The building was charged with this history and it stayed with us throughout the filming.
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As the popularity of science-fiction increases, so inevitably does the volume of clownish imprecation against it.