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.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIn one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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