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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.

Alan Dean Foster

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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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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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