I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAn apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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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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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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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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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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 enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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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