Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGetting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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 write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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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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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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