Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERBesides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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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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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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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 enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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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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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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