That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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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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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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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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