I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAll I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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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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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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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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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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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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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