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.
