Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGetting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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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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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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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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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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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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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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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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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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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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