So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERSome of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.
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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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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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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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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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That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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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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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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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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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