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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.

Alan Dean Foster

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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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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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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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