It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIf 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 hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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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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Enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.
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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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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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