It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWriting allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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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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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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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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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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