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• I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.

  Alan Dean Foster

  Book, Reading, Mean

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• I've been writing full-time since 1978.

  Alan Dean Foster

  Writing

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• How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.

  Alan Dean Foster

  Stories, Research, Fantasy

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• I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note.

  Alan Dean Foster

  Writing, Symphony, Notes

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• Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly.

  Alan Dean Foster

  Done, Economic, Given

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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.

  Alan Dean Foster

  Art, Philosophy, Band

  Alan Dean Foster (2002). “Diuturnity's Dawn: Book Three of the Founding of the Commonwealth”, p.85, Del Rey

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• Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn't difficult at all. Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies. We're not a particular species. Check out popular video games.

  Alan Dean Foster

  Children, Revenge, Games

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• I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.

  Alan Dean Foster

  Morning, Reading, Writing

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