The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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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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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 hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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.
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