I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
ALAN DEAN FOSTEREnjoying 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.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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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 universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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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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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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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