I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERScience-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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