Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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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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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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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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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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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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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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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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All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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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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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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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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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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