So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERKeep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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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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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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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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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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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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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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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