When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGrowing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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 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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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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