I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERDawn 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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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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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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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 have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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