That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThe storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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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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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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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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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal.
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