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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.

Alan Dean Foster

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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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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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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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Advance Especial Existence Joy One Prepare Spontaneous
Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
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