How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThe storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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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The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
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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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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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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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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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