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.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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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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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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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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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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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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