Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERScience-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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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 FOSTERThat means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThe thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWhere lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAn apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERBesides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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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.
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.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGetting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIt’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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