Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIt’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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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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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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