I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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 hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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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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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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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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