Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThere’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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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 would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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