Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThere’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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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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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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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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