So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER
Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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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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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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