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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.

Alan Dean Foster

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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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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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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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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 see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Beings Children Elaborate Even Fabricate Human
Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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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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Conglomerate Diversity Feel International Made Multimedia Overwhelming Triumph
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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