Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERFreedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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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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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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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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