The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERWider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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Enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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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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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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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 enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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 have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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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The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
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