Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIn loquaciousness lay insanity.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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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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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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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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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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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