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.
ALAN DEAN FOSTEREven as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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 hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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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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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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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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