I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThere is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
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There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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