Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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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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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
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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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