Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGetting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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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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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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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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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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