It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAll I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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If you’re crazy, there’s two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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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