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 FOSTERDon’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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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 would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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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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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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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