The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERSpontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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