I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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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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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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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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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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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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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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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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