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.
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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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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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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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