So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGetting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid 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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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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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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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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