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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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Already Inaccessible Otherwise Read Start
Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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Decade Last Went Worldcon Year
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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Another Better Crazy Cure Feel Make One Thing Yourself
Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Bit Crap Day Every Keep Little Look Result Write
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.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Concentration Connect Level Personal Special Effect
So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Already Know Hard Me New Read Rewrite Something
Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Badly Change Economic Give Technology
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Better Chaos Freedom Just Light
We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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Check Game Paricular Poepilar Spevies Video
We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Around Arrangement Atom Drift Enjoy Nothing Particle Unfile
I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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Dozen Early Half Least Morning Usually Newspaper Portion Read Web White
I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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Become Character Deep Hope Personality Round
Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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Four Get Important More Page Perfect Spend Week
Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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Allow Always Time Travel Want World Write
How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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All Depend Fantasy Nature None Research Story
I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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Business Convention Fantasy Make Purpose Usually World Year

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