I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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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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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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