Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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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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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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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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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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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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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