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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.

Alan Dean Foster

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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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Classical Enjoy heavy Listen Metal
How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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All Depend Fantasy Nature None Research Story
Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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Between Friend Line Matter Science Sorcery Terminology
I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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Advantage Bestsellers Biggest Everything Except Fallen Generally Potential
In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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Amusement Base Book Cachalot Character Directly Every Known Someone
Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal.
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Banal Banality Before Drawn Evil People Speak Today Write
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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Before Consciousness Enjoy French-fries Piece Second Split Star Tree
Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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Allow Always Time Travel Want World Write
I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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Become Character Deep Hope Personality Round
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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Another Better Crazy Cure Feel Make One Thing Yourself
Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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Better Give Life Living Understanding
There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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Available Certainly More New Start Write
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Better Chaos Freedom Just Light
I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Challenge Much Myself Often Possible Try
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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