Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERSome 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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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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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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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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