Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERLast year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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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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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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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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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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