Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERFreedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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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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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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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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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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