I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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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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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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