Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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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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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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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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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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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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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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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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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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