Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAdvances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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 hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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 inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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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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