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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.

Alan Dean Foster

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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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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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 enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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