An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
ALAN DEAN FOSTERSo rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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 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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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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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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Enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.
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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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