Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIn one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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 have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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