I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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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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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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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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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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