I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAll I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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