Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAdvances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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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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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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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
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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 see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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