Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGrowing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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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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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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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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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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