Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThe 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.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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