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.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIt is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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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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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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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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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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