The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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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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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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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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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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