That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWriting allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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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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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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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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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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