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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.

Alan Dean Foster

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I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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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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There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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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 usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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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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