Samuel R. Delany quotes - page 7
When what is is congruent to what is supposed the reaction is functional and the mental processes competent. When what is and what is supposed to have nothing to do with each other the choice of reactions is random. Something tears. Stay or run, laugh or frown: the decision is chance.
Samuel R. Delany
Always remember the objects you are working with. When you make a bridge, remember you are putting steel on stone and dirt. ... Some day you will write poems to a little girl: marks with ink on paper. ... When you are making love, you are moving flesh against flesh. That is the basis of all magic.
Samuel R. Delany
The deconstructionists have led off this set of new readings most energetically by asking of certain texts: "What do they have to say that specifically undermines and subverts their own ideological array?” As energetic as the deconstructionist foray has been, we must remember that there are still going to be many texts for which we can expect the answer: "Not much.”.
Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. Delany
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Occupation: American Author
Born: April 1, 1942
Quotes count: 157
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