Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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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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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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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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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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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