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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.

Alan Dean Foster

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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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Been Diet Discover Fury Gain Hit Month Pound Six Storm Women
Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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Already Inaccessible Otherwise Read Start
Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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Art Culture Difference Wide Politics Travel
That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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Available Bad Future Historian Hoof Matte More
Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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Better Give Life Living Understanding
I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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Classical Enjoy heavy Listen Metal
Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Moment Trend Try Write
In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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Amusement Base Book Cachalot Character Directly Every Known Someone
I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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Celebrity Century Like People Really Rong
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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Banal Banality Before Drawn Evil People Speak Today Write
So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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Already Know Hard Me New Read Rewrite Something
I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Challenge Much Myself Often Possible Try
All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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All Explorer Traveler Want
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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Another Better Crazy Cure Feel Make One Thing Yourself
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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Basketball Divide Hobby Least Once Play Traditional Year
I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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Ful Long Since Time Write
There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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Available Certainly More New Start Write
Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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Decade Last Went Worldcon Year
We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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Check Game Paricular Poepilar Spevies Video
I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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exchange Give Innocent Life Normal People Protect See
Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Being Explorer Grow Traveler Want Writer
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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Business Convention Fantasy Make Purpose Usually World Year
An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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Apex Emptiness Surround
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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Concentration Connect Level Personal Special Effect
I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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Dozen Early Half Least Morning Usually Newspaper Portion Read Web White
Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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Carefully Danger Real Some Structure Thought Well
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Better Chaos Freedom Just Light

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