Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThe universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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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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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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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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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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 hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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