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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.

Alan Dean Foster

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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Badly Change Economic Give Technology
I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Avoid Find Think Way Write Writer
We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Around Arrangement Atom Drift Enjoy Nothing Particle Unfile
I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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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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Bit Crap Day Every Keep Little Look Result Write
Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Being Explorer Grow Traveler Want Writer
In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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Amusement Base Book Cachalot Character Directly Every Known Someone
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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Concentration Connect Level Personal Special Effect
I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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Action Activity Already Character Engage Many Though
All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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All Explorer Traveler Want
Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal.
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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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Allow Always Time Travel Want World Write
Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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Four Get Important More Page Perfect Spend Week
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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Basketball Divide Hobby Least Once Play Traditional Year
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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Conglomerate Diversity Feel International Made Multimedia Overwhelming Triumph
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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Another Better Crazy Cure Feel Make One Thing Yourself
There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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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 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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Been Diet Discover Fury Gain Hit Month Pound Six Storm Women
So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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Already Know Hard Me New Read Rewrite Something
It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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