Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThe universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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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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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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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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