Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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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 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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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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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 universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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