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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.

Alan Dean Foster

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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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Decade Last Went Worldcon Year
I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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Action Activity Already Character Engage Many Though
So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Already Know Hard Me New Read Rewrite Something
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
The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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Assumption Dead Full Live People Universe
An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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Apex Emptiness Surround
I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

Become Character Deep Hope Personality Round
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
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
The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Avoid Find Think Way Write Writer
Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Being Explorer Grow Traveler Want Writer
Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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Between Friend Line Matter Science Sorcery Terminology
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
Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Moment Trend Try Write
Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Badly Change Economic Give Technology
Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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Become Besides Character Involve Love Mistake Reader Way

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