An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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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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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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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