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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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
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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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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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