Quotes About Fandom

Online culture is dominated by trivial mashups of the culture that existed before the onset of mashups, and by fandom responding to the dwindling outposts of centralized mass media. It is a culture of reaction without action.

Here is the truth about being a nerd. You don't have to be an expert in something, you just have to be passionate. There is no test and no application. Only a love of a thing that is the best.

For years, I've proffered the theory that there aren't "people who don't like hockey," but rather people who have yet to let the light of hockey into their hearts. And the best way to bring these heathens to our religion of choice is to get them to one of our frozen temples and watch a game live. But

York Knicks fan as well.

I will always be a Newcastle United fan all my life.

Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone. We are legion, and football is often the only thing we have in common.

We had some very distinguished fans: I know one chancellor of a major university who used to schedule his meetings around Star Trek. We were thrilled to discover that Frank Sinatra was a big fan.

Women, in general, are very passionate fans, and that's what you love about them.

I used to hold Stanley Kubrick film festivals at my house in high school. These are not cool things.

For me, my first fandom was 'Star Wars.'

One of the beautiful things about being a part of 'Star Wars' is that it's one of those few things that are community-building in that way. Maybe that way of putting it is a little self-important. But it is something we all have a connection to, something everybody knows about. There aren't that many of those things.

The thing is, Twitter made me - from silly posts about 'Star Wars,' I got fans.

I have never fanned out at all, actually. I mean, there's only a few people that I have fanned out about before: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, pretty much anyone from 'Star Wars.' But I don't usually fan out at all, just because they're all people just doing their jobs. It's exciting because they do very good work!

I've never seen any 'Star Wars' movie.

There is a religion around 'Star Wars' that is different than even the fanaticism around comic books and other media.

Oh, my God, I've mixed up my 'Star Wars' movies. Oh, no, the Internet is gonna come for me.

The music that they play at White Hart Lane before you walk out is just... I absolutely love it. I think it's from Star Wars.

Usually the science-fiction fan has some indication they're a sci-fi fan and, therefore, a 'Stargate' fan. In other words, they could be wearing a rubber head or some kind of costume or just a T-shirt that gives them away.

I'm a huge geek, so I love 'Stargate' and 'Firefly.'

Sometimes fans for male pop stars or actors can be a little crazy. I was that way with Jesse McCartney and N'Sync.

This is a polarizing statement, as I have come to discover, but I am a Pats, Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins fan from birth until death.

It's fun to look over there and see a guy with as a great stature as John Elway. It's really cool that he went to one of my games.

Being in a fandom is something you don't understand unless you're in one. I think it stems off of everyone wants more of something.

I'm a Stephen King fanatic.