The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERIt’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life.
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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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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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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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