Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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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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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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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 hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.
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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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