The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGiven all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my 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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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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