It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGrowing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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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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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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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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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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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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