Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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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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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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 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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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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