It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERLiving gives you a better understanding of life.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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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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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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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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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