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Inspiration Can Hit You In The Head At Any Time In Any Context. It Could Happen In A Conversation. Talking To Someone At A Party, You Can Get An Idea. But You've Got To Remember Those Inspirations.

With 'avatar,' I Thought, Forget All These Chick Flicks And Do A Classic Guys' Adventure Movie, Something In The Edgar Rice Burroughs Mold, Like John Carter Of Mars - A Soldier Goes To Mars.

I Blame It On Walt Disney, Where Animals Are Given Human Qualities. People Don't Understand That A Wild Animal Is Not Something That Is Nice To Pat. It Can Seriously Harm You.

So Much Of Literary Sci-fi Is About Creating Worlds That Are Rich And Detailed And Make Sense At A Social Level. We'll Create A World For People And Then Later Present A Narrative In That World.

God Wears White Flannels.