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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.

Alan Dean Foster

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If you’re crazy, there’s two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.
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Another Better Crazy Cure Feel Make One Thing Yourself
I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Bad Bore Material Own Rapidly Tendency
So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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Already Know Hard Me New Read Rewrite Something
Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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All Difficult Get Inside Mind Terrorist
How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

All Depend Fantasy Nature None Research Story
All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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All Explorer Traveler Want
I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Entire Head Note Oratorios Symphony Write
Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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Decade Last Went Worldcon Year
Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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Become Besides Character Involve Love Mistake Reader Way
Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Badly Change Economic Give Technology
I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Challenge Much Myself Often Possible Try
The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Avoid Find Think Way Write Writer
I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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Become Character Deep Hope Personality Round
Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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Better Give Life Living Understanding
Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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Allow Always Time Travel Want World Write
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.
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Been Diet Discover Fury Gain Hit Month Pound Six Storm Women

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