Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERSpontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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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 have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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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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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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