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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.

Alan Dean Foster

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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Beings Children Elaborate Even Fabricate Human
Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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Art Culture Difference Wide Politics Travel
So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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Already Know Hard Me New Read Rewrite Something
Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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Advantage Bestsellers Biggest Everything Except Fallen Generally Potential
In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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Amusement Base Book Cachalot Character Directly Every Known Someone
The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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Available Certainly More New Start Write
Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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