Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERThe storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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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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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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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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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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